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INSIDE

Scotty McCreery Gets First No. 1

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Dolly, Trace Lead Charitable Charge

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Opry Moments: Cash, Janson, Daniels

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Strait Hits Pack Musical

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Makin’ Tracks: Trent Harmon’s

Renewal >page 15

Country Coda: Waylon & Willie ‘Up’

At No. 1 >page 20

As recently as October 2015, Rodney Clawson (“Fast,” “American Kids”) won the Nashville Songwriters Association International’s songwriter of the year award.

Not surprisingly, he has another top 40 title on Country A i r play — Jerrod Niemann’s “I Got T h i s ,” c u r r e n t l y a t N o . 3 8 — b u t he’s n o t e ven t he best-charting mem-ber of his own family.

Son Brad Claw-son is enjoying his f irst top 20 single as a songwriter with the Morgan Wallen/ Florida Georgia Line recording “Up Dow n,” at No. 23 on the same chart. M e a n w h i l e , w i f e Nicolle Galyon au-thored four titles on t he cu r rent char t: Keith Urban’s “Fe-male” at No. 12, Lee Brice’s “Boy” at No. 18, Lady Antebel-lum’s “Heart Break” at No. 32 and Dan + Shay’s “Tequila” at No. 39.

You won't hear Rodney complain.“It’s hard to get too competitive about it when it all ends up

going in the same bank account,” he says. “You’re on the same team. When you’re playing football and one of your buddies

scores a touchdown for the team, you’re probably not going to get mad at him.”

In fact, it seems they’ve established a precedent in country music. The Clawsons appear to be the first family to have three members all chart-ing simultaneously as full-time songwriters without a single col-laborat ion a mong their titles.

There have been husband/wife s o n g w r it i n g c o u -ples, such as Country Music Hall of Fame

members Boudleaux & Felice Bryant or current songwriters Jon Randall (“Tin Man”) and Jessi Alexander (“I Drive Your Truck”). There have been parent/child relationships in the com-

Clawson, Clawson & Galyon: Small Family Makes Big Impact On

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posing ranks, too, particularly when songwriter Max T. Barnes topped the chart on Jan. 4, 1992, with Collin Raye’s “Love, Me” at a time when his father, Max D. Barnes, trailed at No. 4 with Vince Gill’s “Look at Me.”

Throw in family units where at least one member was an artist — such as son Thomas Rhett and father Rhett Akins, or the 1990s team of Rodney Crowell and then-wife Rosanne Cash — and the ranks swell.

But it doesn’t appear that any family beyond the Clawsons has had three full-time songwriters earn concurrent hits independently of each other.

Much about their success is out of their control, but the fact that it has happened without any collaborations was intentional. Rodney, who earned his first top five single with Buddy Jewell’s 2003 release “Sweet Southern Comfort,” encouraged both Brad and Galyon to pursue their songwriting separately to avoid the appearance that they were simply putting their names on his songs.

“If anything positive ever happened — which it did — she would share credit with her co-writers,” says Rodney of Galyon. “Nobody could say that she married a guy who already had a few hits and she was just riding his coattails. We wanted to avoid that happening so she could go out and make her mark and get credit for it.”

Rodney set an example for the other two, even if he tried to avoid meddling. Galyon had some writing in her background — she had been the yearbook editor during high school in Kansas — but she was pursuing artist management at Belmont University when the idea of writing songs took hold.

“Getting to know Rodney and getting to know a lot of other songwriters really opened my eyes to it,” she says. “So I was a closeted songwriter for many years, probably ’til I was about 21.”

Brad was meanwhile opposed to songwriting. He had watched his father commute from a farm in West Texas to Nashville to establish his career and was very aware of the financial uncertainties it entailed. That firsthand experience took away any fantasies that writing songs is an easy profession.

“That was a big part in the beginning that kept me at arms’ length,” says Brad, recalling his early resistance. “I always liked music, and I always played music, but I didn’t want to have to work that hard to maybe make it. More people fail than make it, and I was like, ‘There’s so many other things that I would love to do.’ ”

Oddly enough, Brad’s pursuit of a parks management degree at Middle Tennessee State University proved to be its own dead end. When he graduated, he met with a series of closed doors. Meanwhile, he had worked with his college roommate — Mitchell Tenpenny, who recently signed with Sony Music Nashville — as a songwriter and guitarist, and Brad got the bug. He valeted cars at the Omni Nashville Hotel and worked at a retail store to pay the bills while he honed his writing craft and eventually received several less favorable offers before he landed with Ashley Gorley’s Taperoom Music. (Rodney writes for Big Loud; Galyon is signed with Warner/Chappell).

With all three now vying for singles, it creates some odd moments. Galyon says Florida Georgia Line’s “Smooth,” which she co-authored, was allowed to die in the teens when Brad’s “Up Down” began to take off for the duo. And one of her husband’s songs knocked her out of a prime position with an undisclosed artist.

“I got the phone call that my song was supposed to be the first single, and then they changed their minds and it was Rodney’s instead of mine, and then mine didn’t even make the record,” she recalls. “That stings, but it’s still my family and big picture, we [all] win when one of us wins.”

It creates other odd clashes, too, especially if Galyon and her husband hear a potential song title at the same time.

“There have definitely been moments where we look at each other and go, ‘First to write it wins,’ ” she says.

But there are side benefits, too. Since they all share a very unique career, they’re able to understand one another in ways that most non-writing family members would not. And now that they have begun to loosen their own restrictions and Rodney has written separately with each relative, they’re sharing in other ways. The second song Rodney wrote with Galyon, “Win Life,” is the closing track on Luke Bryan’s What Makes You Country. And writing together allows them to see one another as co-workers — not just as relatives — though Brad suggests that writing with his dad creates some self-conscious moments.

“It’s not uncomfortable, but it is different than writing with other people,” says Brad. “I want to have good ideas and don’t want to say anything stupid. I don’t want to show off, but I do want to show up.”

Meanwhile, the family is well aware that it’s beating the odds by having three members simultaneously chart in country’s top 40.

“There’s way more players in the NBA,” says Rodney, “than there are successful songwriters.”

Chris Lane (center) was a guest on CMT Hot 20 Countdown. He is pictured with CMT hosts Katie Cook and Cody Alan.

Blake Shelton met with local radio execs when he brought his Country Music Freaks Tour to Grand Rapids, Mich., on Feb. 22. From left: Warner Music Nashville national director of radio and streaming Katie Bright, local radio veteran Doug Montgomery, Shelton and WBCT PD Dave Taft.

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Chris Janson (right) found time for a little radio schmoozing during a Reason to Drink Tour stop in Manchester, N.H. While there, he visited with KJM Management owner Kelly Janson and WOKQ PD Joe Limardi.

Kelsea Ballerini visited Cumulus’ Nash campus for an appearance on Ty, Kelly & Chuck. From left: Ty Bentli, Ballerini, Kelly Ford and Chuck Wicks.

Singer-songwriter Scotty McCreery notches his first No. 1 among three top 10s on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart as ballad “Five More Minutes” (Triple Tigers) ascends 3-1 in its 40th week on the tally (dated March 4), gaining by 10 percent to 40.2 million audience impressions in the week ending Feb. 25, according to Nielsen Music. On the Hot Country Songs chart, which blends airplay, streaming and sales data, “Five” holds at its No. 4 high.

“I’d just lost my granddaddy Bill,” McCreery recently told Billboard during an upcoming episode of the Billboard Chart Beat Podcast of the song, which he co-wrote with Frank Rogers and Monty Criswell. “He was my guy, a cool cat, 85 years old, doing cannonballs in the backyard pool. He was awesome, I loved him. Monty was the one who said, ‘It’s just like you wanted five more minutes with the guy.’ I was like, ‘That’s the song I’m going to write today.’ ”

The 24-year-old McCreery, a native of Garner, N.C., won the 10th edition of American Idol, donning the crown on May 25, 2011. Notably, the runner-up that season was Lauren Alaina, who achieved her first Country Airplay No. 1 when “Road Less Traveled” topped the chart dated April 22, 2017. She followed “Road” (her sixth entry on the list) with her second trip to No. 1 when she was featured on Kane Brown’s “What Ifs” (Oct. 28, 2017).

“Five” is McCreery’s ninth charted Country Airplay title. He debuted on the list in 2011 with the No. 15-peaking “I Love You This Big” and followed with “The Trouble With Girls” and “Water Tower Town,” which peaked at Nos. 17 and 38, respectively, in 2012. McCreery’s next two proper singles became his first two top 10s, both in 2014: “See You Tonight” (No. 8) and “Feelin’ It” (No. 10). One additional single, “Southern Belle,” McCreery’s last for his original label (Interscope/Mercury), peaked at No. 45 in 2016.

“Five” is the lead single from McCreery’s third studio full-length, Seasons Change (March 16), his first for Triple Tigers. He co-wrote all the songs on the 11-track album, which was produced by Rogers and Aaron Eshuis.

McCreery has earned two No. 1s on Top Country Albums. His first set after winning Idol, Clear as Day, opened atop the ranking dated Oct. 22, 2011 (with

197,000 sold), and spent six weeks at No. 1. His follow-up, See You Tonight, arrived atop the list dated Nov. 2, 2013 ( 52,000), and led for one week. In between, he jingled to No. 2 with Christmas With Scotty McCreery, (Nov. 3, 2012; 41,000 sold).

REXHA TIES ‘GIRL’ RECORD Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line’s pop/country crossover hit “Meant to Be” (Warner Bros./Big Machine Label Group) leads Hot Country Songs for a 13th week. On Country Airplay, the collaboration

hits a new high, rising 16-15, up 24 percent to 17.1 mil-lion in audience.

When it logged its 11th week at No. 1, the track passed Taylor Swift’s “We Are Never Ever Getting Back To-gether” (from 2012 and 2013) for the most weeks atop Hot Country Songs for a title by a solo female in the chart’s 59-year history. “Meant” now matches Little Big Town’s “Girl Crush” (2015) for the most weeks at No. 1 for a song featuring lead female vocals.

‘GOOD’ NEWS Luke Bryan banks his 25th Hot Country Songs top 10, and 24th in succession (counting singles promoted to country radio and excluding holiday fare), as “Most People Are Good” (Capitol Nashville) rises 12-10 in its ninth week on the list.

Starting with 2008’s No. 10-peaking “Country Man,” Bryan’s second Coun-try Airplay top 10, all of his official singles have reached the top tier. He enjoys the third-longest active top 10 streak, after Keith Urban (38) and Carrie Underwood (26).

‘END’ BEGINS Cole Swindell boasts the top debut on Country Airplay as “Break Up in the End” (Warner Bros./Warner Music Nashville) launches at No. 28 with 6.8 million first-week audience impressions. The first single from Swindell’s upcoming album marks his second-highest arrival on Country Airplay: “You Should Be Here” started at No. 26 on Jan. 2, 2016, and led for three weeks that April.

‘Five’ To 1: Scotty McCreery Scores First Country Airplay Leader

ON THE CHARTS JIM ASKER jim.asker@billboard.com

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01 3 40 FIVE MORE MINUTES Triple Tigers HH No. 1 (1 week) HH Scotty McCreery 40.221 +3.579 7875 556 1

02 4 15 MARRY ME Valory Thomas Rhett 38.402 +4.738 7486 796 2

03 5 32 BROKEN HALOS Mercury Chris Stapleton 35.545 +4.051 7104 710 3

4 2 24 WRITTEN IN THE SAND RCA Nashville Old Dominion 32.681 -4.617 6160 -975 4

05 7 39 ALL ON ME Atlantic/WEA Devin Dawson 27.651 +1.856 5775 445 5

6 6 44 YOURS Triple Tigers Russell Dickerson 27.552 -1.335 4839 -349 10

07 8 10 MOST PEOPLE ARE GOOD Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan 27.419 +3.319 5220 569 7

l08 9 27 THE LONG WAY Atlantic/WMN Brett Eldredge 26.034 +2.415 5382 696 6

9 1 38 LEGENDS Black River Kelsea Ballerini 25.663 -12.898 4979 -2843 8

010 10 36 SINGLES YOU UP MCA Nashville Jordan Davis 24.501 +2.259 4961 448 9

011 11 43 SHE'S WITH ME Atlantic/WEA High Valley 22.558 +1.431 4769 307 12

012 12 16 FEMALE Hit Red/Capitol Nashville Keith Urban 21.683 +3.285 4796 735 11

013 14 5 YOU MAKE IT EASY Macon/Broken Bow Jason Aldean 18.944 +3.575 3626 694 15

014 13 29 FOR THE FIRST TIME Capitol Nashville Darius Rucker 17.494 +2.048 3829 351 13

015 16 14 MEANT TO BE Warner Bros./BMLG Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line 17.062 +3.284 3364 947 16

016 15 36 HAPPENS LIKE THAT Wheelhouse Granger Smith 15.217 +0.147 3638 46 14

017 20 17 HEAVEN Zone 4/RCA Nashville Kane Brown 13.137 +2.291 3030 591 19

018 17 37 BOY Curb Lee Brice 13.008 +0.772 3197 157 17

019 19 7 I LIVED IT Warner Bros./WMN Blake Shelton 12.581 +1.607 2482 371 21

020 18 16 EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE ALRIGHT Blue Chair/Reviver David Lee Murphy & Kenny Chesney 12.455 +0.750 2880 96 20

021 22 6 WOMAN, AMEN Capitol Nashville Dierks Bentley 11.232 +1.048 2198 171 23

022 21 32 ONES THAT LIKE ME Valory Brantley Gilbert 10.945 +0.595 3068 115 18

023 23 15 UP DOWN BMLG/Big Loud Morgan Wallen Featuring Florida Georgia Line 8.790 +0.779 2163 114 24

024 24 31 GET TO YOU Atlantic/WEA Michael Ray 7.911 +0.589 2200 195 22

025 28 10 ONE NUMBER AWAY River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs 7.700 +1.391 1704 259 28

026 27 20 TAKE BACK HOME GIRL Big Loud Chris Lane Feat. Tori Kelly 7.198 +0.684 1938 155 26

027 26 12 CRIMINAL Stoney Creek Lindsay Ell 6.938 +0.210 2038 77 25

028 NEW BREAK UP IN THE END Warner Bros./WMN HH Most Increased Audience/Most Added HH Cole Swindell 6.801 +6.801 1020 1020 35

029 29 19 SHE AIN'T IN IT Capitol Nashville Jon Pardi 6.583 +0.293 1767 126 27

030 30 16 KISS SOMEBODY Warner Bros./WEA Morgan Evans 6.393 +1.100 1562 268 29

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BILLBOARD COUNTRY AIRPLAY PANEL — 148 STATIONSAkron, OH WQMXAlbany, N.Y. WGNAAlbuquerque, N.M. KBQI KRSTAllentown, Pa. WCTOAtlanta WKHX WUBLAugusta, Ga. WKXCAustin, Texas KASEBakersfield, Calif. KUZZBaltimore WPOCBaton Rouge, La. WYNKBirmingham, Ala. WDXB WZZKBoise, Idaho KAWO KIZNBoston WBWL WKLBBuffalo, N.Y. WYRKCharleston, S.C. WEZLCharlotte, N.C. WKKT WSOCChattanooga, Tenn. WUSYChicago WEBG WUSNCincinnati WUBECleveland WGARColorado Springs, Colo. KATCColumbia, S.C. WCOSColumbus, Ohio WCOLCorpus Christi, Texas KRYSDallas KPLX KSCSDayton, Ohio WHKODenver KYGODes Moines, Iowa KHKIDetroit WDRQ WYCD

El Paso, Texas KHEYFt. Myers, Fla. WCKT WWGRFt. Wayne, Ind. WQHKFresno, Calif. KSKSGainesville, Fla. WOGKGrand Rapids, Mich. WBCTGreensboro, N.C. WTQRGreenville, S.C. WSSLHarrisburg, Pa. WRBTHartford, Conn. WWYZHouston KILT KKBQHuntsville, Ala. WDRMIndianapolis WFMS WLHKJacksonville, Fla. WGNE WQIKJohnson City, Tenn. WXBQKansas City KBEQ WDAF KFKFKnoxville, Tenn. WCYQ WIVKLafayette, La. KMDLLakeland, Fla. WPCVLas Vegas KCYE KWNRLexington, Ky. WBULLittle Rock, Ark. KSSNLos Angeles KKGOLouisville, Ky. WAMZ WQNUMadison, Wis. WWQM WMADMcAllen, Texas KTEXMemphis WGKX WLFP

Miami WKISMilwaukee WMILMinneapolis KEEY KMNBMobile, Ala. WKSJMonmouth/Ocean, N.J. WKMKMonterey, Calif.. KTOMNashville WKDF WSIXNassau, N.Y. WJVCNew Bern, N.C. WRNSNew Orleans WNOENew York WNSHNorfolk, Va. WGH WUSHOklahoma City, Okla. KJKE KTSTOmaha, Neb. KXKTOrlando, Fla. WWKAOxnard-Ventura, CA KHAYPhiladelphia WXTUPhoenix KMLE KNIXPittsburgh WDSY WOGI WPGBPortland, Maine WPOR WTHTPortland, Ore. KUPL KWJJProvidence, R.I. WCTKRaleigh, N.C. WNCB WQDRReno, Nevada KBUL KOLCRichmond, Va. WKHKRiverside, Calif. KFRGRoanoke, Va. WSLC

Rochester, N.Y. WBEESacramento, Calif. KBEB KNCI KNTYSt. Louis KSD WILSalt Lake City KSOP KUBLSan Antonio, Texas KAJA KCYYSan Diego KSONSan Jose, Calif. KRTYSarasota, Fla. WCTQSeattle KKWF KMPSSpokane, Wash. KXLYSpringfield, Mass. WRNXStockton, Calif. KATMSyracuse, N.Y. WBBSTampa, Fla. WFUS WQYKTucson, Ariz. KIIMTulsa, Okla. KVOO KWENVisalia, Calif. KJUGWashington, D.C. WMZQWest Palm Beach, Fla. WIRKWichita, Kan. KFDI KZSNWilkes Barre, Pa. WGGYWilmington, Del. WXCYYork, Pa. WGTY

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031 31 26 THREE CHORDS & THE TRUTH Dack Janiels/Broken Bow Chase Rice 5.460 +0.378 1470 55 30

032 32 22 HEART BREAK Capitol Nashville Lady Antebellum 4.825 +0.343 1412 51 31

033 33 26 HOOKED Curb Dylan Scott 4.807 +0.412 1358 78 32

034 34 21 KINDA DON'T CARE Valory Justin Moore 4.026 +0.269 1178 94 34

035 36 7 A LITTLE DIVE BAR IN DAHLONEGA Atlantic/WAR Ashley McBryde 3.689 +0.537 889 75 38

036 37 30 DOIN' FINE 19/Interscope/Mercury Lauren Alaina 3.572 +0.472 1282 52 33

37 35 12 DRUNK GIRL Warner Bros./WAR Chris Janson 3.402 -0.131 942 61 37

038 39 8 I GOT THIS Curb Jerrod Niemann 2.923 +0.334 761 83 41

039 38 7 TEQUILA Warner Bros./WAR Dan + Shay 2.806 +0.124 709 13 44

040 RE-ENTRY I'D BE JEALOUS TOO Broken Bow Dustin Lynch 2.682 +0.460 845 89 39

041 40 20 WILD WEST Wheelhouse Runaway June 2.521 -0.023 959 21 36

042 48 3 MERCY BMLG Brett Young 2.343 +1.315 604 342 47

043 41 7 SHOOT ME STRAIGHT EMI Nashville Brothers Osborne 2.329 +0.208 721 62 43

044 42 11 HIDE THE WINE Big Machine Carly Pearce 2.318 +0.357 757 97 42

045 44 11 DIANE Arista Nashville Cam 1.789 +0.212 630 5 46

046 43 9 STILL THE SAME Big Machine Sugarland 1.784 +0.201 765 65 40

047 45 12 LAST SHOT MCA Nashville Kip Moore 1.783 +0.294 694 33 45

048 RE-ENTRY SPEAKERS, BLEACHERS AND PREACHERS EMI Nashville Brandon Lay 1.615 +0.240 594 38 48

049 46 5 DON'T GET BETTER THAN THAT Reviver LOCASH 1.522 +0.068 488 44 50

050 50 2 RICH Columbia Nashville Maren Morris 1.419 +0.527 420 150 51

051 49 4 BORN TO LOVE YOU Arista Nashville LANCO 1.248 +0.236 396 49 52

052 53 2 BEST SHOT Stoney Creek Jimmie Allen 0.970 +0.463 318 185 53

53 51 8 GUNS & ROSES Cold River Drew Baldridge 0.648 -0.044 499 -14 49

054 57 2 REASONS Big Loud Jillian Jacqueline 0.528 +0.211 247 45 55

055 NEW WORTH IT BMLG Danielle Bradbery 0.505 +0.347 105 61 -

056 52 4 AMERICAN ROCK 'N ROLL Top Dog/BMG/Broken Bow Kid Rock 0.500 -0.009 264 36 54

57 54 2 SOMETHING 'BOUT YOU Southern Ground/Elektra/WAR Sir Rosevelt 0.460 -0.034 125 13 -

058 56 5 CHILLS Universal Music Canada James Barker Band 0.370 +0.030 208 46 58

059 55 4 COUNTRY SONG Almost Country/Thirty Tigers Casey Donahew 0.365 +0.014 114 14 -

060 NEW RUN WILD HORSES BIG Label Aaron Watson 0.345 +0.149 162 107 59

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DAVE MCELROY Nowhere With You Free Flow/Grassroots/Grapevine

JAMES DUPRE Hurt Good Grassroots

MACY MARTIN Take It Now GTR Nashville/Kent Wells

RUSSELL DICKERSON Blue Tacoma Triple Tigers

SOUTHERN HALO Anything Is Possible Southern Halo

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KELSEA BALLERINI I Hate Love Songs Black River

SHERRY LYNN Bang Bang Steal Heart

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LUCAS HOGE Power Of Garth Forge

RICKY COOK Thanks A Lot, Loretta Jerry Duncan/Imperator

TRENT HARMON You Got 'Em All Big Machine

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Singer-songwriter Ji l l ian Jaqueline ’s co-penned debut rises 57-54 in its second week

on Country Airplay as it hikes 67 percent to 528,000 audience impressions. Her first

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MOST ADDED®TITLE Imprint/Label Artist ADDSBREAK UP IN THE END Warner Bros./WMN Cole Swindell 54MEANT TO BE Warner Bros/BMLG Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line 29MERCY BMLG Brett Young 20BEST SHOT Stoney Creek Jimmie Allen 15HEAVEN Zone 4/RCA Nashville Kane Brown 14RICH Columbia Nashville Maren Morris 14KISS SOMEBODY Warner Bros./WEA Morgan Evans 8I LIVED IT Warner Bros./WMN Blake Shelton 7ONE NUMBER AWAY River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs 7RUN WILD HORSES BIG Label Aaron Watson 7

MOST INCREASED PLAYSTITLE Imprint/Label Artist GAINBREAK UP IN THE END Warner Bros./WMN Cole Swindell +1020MEANT TO BE Warner Bros./BMLG Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line +947MARRY ME Valory Thomas Rhett +796FEMALE Hit Red/Capitol Nashville Keith Urban +735BROKEN HALOS Mercury Chris Stapleton +710THE LONG WAY Atlantic/WMN Brett Eldredge +696YOU MAKE IT EASY Macon/Broken Bow Jason Aldean +694HEAVEN Zone 4/RCA Nashville Kane Brown +591MOST PEOPLE ARE GOOD Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan +569FIVE MORE MINUTES Triple Tigers Scotty McCreery +556

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BREAK UP IN THE END Warner Bros./WMN Cole Swindell +6.801MARRY ME Valory Thomas Rhett +4.738BROKEN HALOS Mercury Chris Stapleton +4.051FIVE MORE MINUTES Triple Tigers Scotty McCreery +3.579YOU MAKE IT EASY Macon/Broken Bow Jason Aldean +3.575MOST PEOPLE ARE GOOD Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan +3.319FEMALE Hit Red/Capitol Nashville Keith Urban +3.285MEANT TO BE Warner Bros./BMLG Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line +3.284THE LONG WAY Atlantic/WMN Brett Eldredge +2.415HEAVEN Zone 4/RCA Nashville Kane Brown +2.291

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BILLBOARD COUNTRY BOXSCOREGross Artist AttendanceTicket Price(s) Venue/Date(s) Capacity Promoter(s)

$3,435,070 GEORGE STRAIT 30,108 MGM RESORTS$200, $50 T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas/Feb. 2-3 33,639

$626,881 MIRANDA LAMBERT 11,760 LIVE NATION$79.75, $29.75 The Forum, Inglewood, Calif./Feb. 10 12,549

$397,782 CHRIS YOUNG 8,755 CONCERTS WEST/AEG PRESENTS$57, $37 Petersen Events Center, Pittsburgh/Feb. 8 sellout

$318,402 CHRIS YOUNG 6,694 CONCERTS WEST/AEG PRESENTS$58, $38 Big Sandy Superstore Arena, Huntington, W. Va./Feb. 10 sellout

$311,446 CHRIS YOUNG 5,884 CONCERTS WEST/AEG PRESENTS$59, $39 Cross Insurance Center, Bangor, Maine/Feb. 2 sellout

Reported worldwide boxscore figures for Country artists. Boxscore figures should be submitted to Bob Allen by phone (615-891-1976), fax (615-891-2054) or email (bob.allen@billboard.com).

TEXAS REGIONAL RADIO REPORTWEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 25, 2018

Texas Regional Radio Report Top 100 is compiled from weekly online playlist reports from 86 radio stations located in Texas and surrounding states, including reports from specialty shows, internet and satellite radio outlets. Songs are ranked by total plays. For tracking, complete chart methodology and more information, visit www.texasregionalradio.com, or contact Dave Smith at 817-283-7984. Copyright 2018, Texas Regional Radio Report

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01 3 17 BORN TO DIE (Independent) HH 1 Week at 1 HH Curtis Grimes 1829 139

2 2 21 HANK (Independent) Whiskey Myers 1705 -52

3 5 24 DEVIL'S DONE WITH ME (Independent) TJ Broscoff 1496 -2

04 7 14 HELL OF A HIGHWAY (Independent) Jake Worthington 1457 135

5 1 16 NOT TOO FAR TO REACH (Independent) Jake Ward 1434 -359

06 6 17 GOOD PEOPLE (Independent) Josh Grider 1385 14

7 4 19 AIRPORT KISS (Independent) Jon Wolfe 1281 -284

08 10 21 BE THE REVIVAL (Red Dirt Legend) Brandon Jenkins 1280 47

09 19 6 SO LONG 6TH STREET (Bowen Sounds) Wade Bowen 1226 223

010 11 17 MISTAKES (Independent) Jesse Raub Jr. 1195 55

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11 8 22 STILL THINK ABOUT YOU (Independent) William Clark Green 1187 -125

012 12 23 WHAT I DO (Independent) Mark Powell 1156 23

013 14 28 EVERY TIME YOU RUN (Independent) Frank Ray 1114 11

014 16 18 LOOK WHO'S HURTING NOW (Independent) Clay Hollis 1106 65

015 24 6 WHAT COWBOYS DO (Almost Country) Casey Donahew Band 1102 138

016 25 9 EVERYTHING TO LOSE (Independent) Sundance Head 1102 147

017 17 17 IF I SAY I LOVE YOU (CONSIDER ME DRUNK) (BGM) Johnny Bush w/ Reckless Kelly 1076 47

018 20 13 HELL OF A YEAR (Independent) Parker McCollum 1067 88

019 23 18 RAIN (Independent) Aaron Copeland 1054 89

020 26 6 GIRL DOWN IN TEXAS (Independent) Josh Abbott Band 1048 98

RECURRENTSTHIS

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(IN MILLIONS)1 LIKE I LOVED YOU BMLG Brett Young 23.523

2 GREATEST LOVE STORY Arista Nashville LANCO 20.999

3 SMALL TOWN BOY Broken Bow Dustin Lynch 19.764

4 YOU BROKE UP WITH ME Monument/Arista Nashville Walker Hayes 19.674

5 WHAT IFS Zone 4/RCA Nashville Kane Brown Feat. Lauren Alaina 18.117

6 BODY LIKE A BACK ROAD MCA Nashville Sam Hunt 17.416

7 UNFORGETTABLE Valory Thomas Rhett 16.945

8 MAKE A LITTLE Big Machine Midland 16.301

9 WHEN IT RAINS IT POURS River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs 15.502

10 LOSING SLEEP RCA Nashville Chris Young 15.232

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STATIONS ADDSLOST Wheelhouse Walker McGuire 0.244 21 1

NOTHIN LIKE US Revel Road/1608 Josh Gracin 0.225 14 0

BLUE TACOMA Triple Tigers Russell Dickerson 0.212 2 2

SELFISH Rebel Engine Stephanie Quayle 0.162 12 0

VINYL Warner Bros./WMN William Michael Morgan 0.146 1 0

GIVE THAT GIRL A BEER B$R/New Revolution Big & Rich 0.133 1 1

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DOLLY, TRACE LEAD PEACHY BENEFITSWhether it’s spring training, spring semester or simply an attempt to put a spring in the step of someone who needs an assist, a few country figures have added charity events to their upcoming calendars, including Dolly Parton and Trace Adkins.

With their incorporation of books, baseball and music, the charities embrace the mind, body and spirit. They include:

• Parton will visit Washington, D.C., on Feb. 27 to donate the 100 millionth book in her Imagination Library program to the Library of Congress. The following day, she will appear on Good Morning America and perform a song from her 2017 children’s album I Believe in You.

• The Baltimore Orioles will host a four-day weekend event March 1-4 that incorporates a handful of Nashville artists and songwriters at spring train-ing in Sarasota, Fla. Participants include songwriter Lee Thomas Miller (“It Ain’t My Fault,” “Shoot Me Straight”) and songwriters Brett and Brad War-ren (“Sober Saturday Night,” “Highway Don’t Care”). Proceeds will benefit a range of charities.

• Adkins will headline Jammin’ to Beat the Blues, an annual fundraiser for mental health issues, on March 21 at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium. Country-gospel singer Jason Crabb is among several acts expected to join. Previous participants have included Vince Gill, Chris Young, Blake Shelton and Emmylou Harris.

• Songwriters Rhett Akins, Dallas Davidson and Ben Hayslip — collectively known as The Peach Pickers — hold their fifth Georgia On My Mind benefit for music education through the Georgia Music Foundation. The 2018 concert is slated for June 26 at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium. Past guests include Luke Bryan, Jason Aldean and Cole Swindell.

MOVERS & SHAKERSKBXB Sikeston, Mo.-Paducah, Ky., added Envision Networks’ The Ashley & Brad Show, featuring Ashley Paige and Brad Abrell, in mornings. Envision began syndicating the Los Angeles-based program in November 2017 … Tracy Zamot joined SiriusXM as vp corporate communications and public relations following a run as Pandora director of artist and music industry communications. Reach her here … Dwight Yoakam previewed an exclusive SiriusXM channel, The Bakersfield Beat, over the weekend. Celebrating country’s West Coast influences, the channel fully launches in the spring … Westwood One’s Red Eye Radio brings Tanya Tucker, Lucas Hoge and Ray Scott to the Mid-America Trucking Show March 22-24 at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, Ky. … Lee Cagle joined SummitMedia/Louisville (Ky.) as opera-tions manager, Talkers.com reported. The four-station cluster includes country WQNU and classic country WRKA. Cagle moves from the same role at Re-sults Radio/ Redding, Calif., where the group includes country KNCQ … WVLK Lexington, Ky., dropped country in favor of adult hits, according to Talkers.com … Country Radio Hall of Fame member Dr. Bruce Nelson Stratton died

Feb. 25, KRIS-TV Corpus Christi, Texas, reported. Inducted into the Hall in 2004, he worked in the early 1960s on WXRA-FM Woodbridge, Va., country’s first full-time FM sta-tion. Other stops included WPLO At-lanta, WUBE Cincinnati, KENR Hous-ton and KFTX Corpus Christi, where he was morning host/GM prior to his retirement in 2010.

’ROUND THE ROWJohn Clore started Feb. 26 as Curb/Word Entertainment vp marketing, overseeing all genres for the company. He was previously Word Records se-nior director of marketing. Reach him here … Juli Newton Griffith was hired as president of Play It Again Publishing, where she’ll represent the songs of owner Dallas Davidson and four other songwriters. She was most recently Magic Mustang Music vp. Reach her here … Nada Taha es-tablished Blind Copy Creative, a firm that offers digital marketing and branding. She was previously digi-tal director of The Bobby Bones Show. Reach her here … Three publicists are leaving Essential Broadcast Media — Brielle Colby, Darlene Rodriguez and Bailey Sharpe — with March 2 tabbed as their official last day. New staff is expected to be announced by publicist/owner Ebie McFarland the week of March 5. The firm’s clients include Eric Church, Kenny Chesney and Darius Rucker. Reach Colby here, Rodriguez here and Sharpe here … Big Machine Label Group promoted Nicole Flammia to senior creative director of photo and video production after three years as creative director. Reach her here … StarPro PR shifted Cynthia Aycock to head an in-house radio promotion team, two months after she joined the team as associate publicist … Songwriter Tammy Hyler (“I Can Still Feel You”) opened a Nashville management and publishing company, Smashville Entertainment. The firm’s inaugural management client is Alexis Ebert … The Los Angeles-based Academy of Country Music has an opening for a marketing manager.

Go here for a job description and contact info … Ryman Hospitality will host a job fair March 8-16 to fill 250 positions at Ole Red Nashville, the Blake Shelton-affiliated club opening in May. Go here for de-tai ls … Singer-song w riter Riley Green inked a recording deal with BMLG Records and a publishing agreement with Warner/ Chappell Na shv i l le … Si n ger- s on g w r iter Dawson Edwards joi ne d t he B M G N a s h v i l l e s o n g w r i t i n g stable … Kobalt Nashville signed s i n g e r - s o n g w r i t e r - g u i t a r i s t Patrick Droney to a publishing contract … Kinkead Entertainment added Bobby Bare a nd Craig Wa y n e B o y d t o i t s c o n c e r t booking roster … Kid Rock and Vector Management founder and co-president Ken Levitan signed Sweet Tea Trio to a management co-venture. The group includes Alabama natives Victoria Camp, Savannah Coker and Kate Falcon.

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New Sony Music Nashville signee Mitchell Tenpenny (right) hung with WDRM Huntsville, Ala., PD Erich West during a radio promotion tour.

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Lindsay Ell visited with Academy of Country Music senior vp finance and operations Tom Torii when she stopped by the Los Angeles headquarters.

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MUSIC NOTESThe Grand Ole Opry has a handful of major dates on the books for the month of March. Larry Gatlin returns as host for the annual Opry Country Classics series of Thursday shows launching March 1 at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium. The opening edition falls on the 50th anniversary of Johnny Cash’s wedding to June Carter Cash, and songs by the Man in Black anchor the set list for a lineup that includes John Carter Cash, Mark Collie and Mandy Barnett. Chris Janson will officially be inducted as the newest Opry member on March 20. And Charlie Daniels marks 10 years of Opry membership by performing March 27, two months after his official anniversary, which was Jan. 19.

Reba McEntire signed up to announce nominees for the 53rd annual Academy of Country Music Awards on CBS This Mor ning and Facebook Live af ter 8 a.m. ET on March 1. Nancy O’Dell will unveil the remainder on ETOnline.com. McEntire takes the role at a time when the ACM has yet to announce the host of the April 15 awards. Di-erks Bentley revealed during Country Radio Seminar that he and Luke Bryan would not be returning. McEntire has hosted 17 times between 1986-2012.

A jukebox musical that incorporates the songs of Dean Dillon is in development through writer-producer Dewey Moss (Death of the Persian Prince, The Crusade of Connor Stephens). Tennessee Whiskey The Musical borrows its title from a Dillon composition made famous by George Jones and revived by Chris Stapleton, and weaves a storyline of addiction and redemption. Details for the public launch have yet to be determined, though it’s likely to include performances of Pam Tillis’ “Spilled Perfume,” Jim Ed Brown & Helen Cornelius’ “Lying in Love With You” and such George Strait singles as “The Chair,” “Unwound,” “Ocean Front Property” and “Here for a Good Time.”

Ashley Monroe’s fourth album, Sparrow, is due April 20 through Warner Music Nashville. Recorded at historic RCA Studio A, the album was produced by Dave Cobb (Chris Stapleton, Zac Brown Band). A video for the moody first-revealed track, “Hands On You,” can be seen here.

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ON THIS DATE IN COUNTRY MUSIC

Feb. 27 • 2013 — Dierks Bentley records

“Drunk on a Plane” with a band that includes Charlie Worsham at the Ocean Way Studios in Nashville.

• 1990 — Arista releases Alan Jackson’s debut album, Here in the Real World.

Feb. 28 • 2008 — “Ladies Love Country Boys”

plays in the background as Trace Adkins poses shirtless for a soap ad during the Donald Trump-centered NBC series The Celebrity Apprentice. Stephen Baldwin jokes about the sexy pose by referencing “Honky Tonk Badonkadonk.”

• 1998 — Garth Brooks serves as both host and musical guest, performing “Two Pina Coladas” on the NBC show Saturday Night Live.

March 1 • 2014 — Cole Swindell reaches No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country

Songs chart for the first time with his debut single, “Chillin’ It.” • 2011 — Reba McEntire, Jean Shepard and songwriter Bobby

Braddock are announced as the 2011 inductees in the Country Music Hall of Fame.

March 2 • 1978 — Columbia releases Willie Nelson’s “Georgia On My Mind.”

March 3 • 2000 — Montgomery Gentry makes its Grand Ole Opry debut.

March 4 • 1968 — Glen Campbell wins three trophies in the third annual

Academy of Country & Western Music awards at Los Angeles’ Century Plaza Hotel: top male vocalist; single record of the year, for “Gentle On My Mind”; and album, for the LP of the same name.

March 5 • 2016 — Kelsea Ballerini makes her Australian concert debut during

a festival in Thredbo. • 1963 — A plane crash in Camden, Tenn., claims the lives of Patsy

Cline, Cowboy Copas, Hawkshaw Hawkins and pilot Randy Hughes as they return to Nashville from a charity concert in Kansas City.

Source: RolandNote.com, the Ultimate Country Music Database

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Dan + Shay met up with two WYCD Detroit staff members during a performance at the Hard Rock Riviera Maya in Mexico. From left: WYCD host Rob Stone, Dan Smyers, Shay Mooney and WYCD host Holly Hutton.

Hot Country SongsSALES, AIRPLAY & STREAMING DATA COMPILED BY

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01 1 1 13 MEANT TO BE HH No. 1 (13 weeks)/Airplay & Streaming Gainer HH Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line WILSHIRE (B.REXHA,T.HUBBARD,J.MILLER,D.A.GARCIA) WARNER BROS./BMLG

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02 2 2 22 MARRY ME Thomas Rhett D.HUFF,J.FRASURE,THOMAS RHETT (THOMAS RHETT,J.FRASURE,A.GORLEY,S.MCANALLY) VALORY 2 2

03 3 4 4 YOU MAKE IT EASY Jason Aldean M.KNOX (T.HUBBARD,B.KELLEY,M.WALLEN,J.M.SCHMIDT) MACON/BROKEN BOW 13 2

04 4 5 40 FIVE MORE MINUTES Scotty McCreery F.ROGERS (S.MCCREERY,F.ROGERS,M.CRISWELL) TRIPLE TIGERS 1 4

05 7 7 45 BROKEN HALOS Chris Stapleton D.COBB,C.STAPLETON (C.STAPLETON,M.HENDERSON) MERCURY 3 5

06 6 8 20 HEAVEN Kane Brown D.HUFF (S.CARTER,M.MCGINN,L.RIMES) ZONE 4/RCA NASHVILLE 17 6

7 5 3 33 WRITTEN IN THE SAND Old Dominion S.MCANALLY (M.RAMSEY,T. ROSEN,B.TURSI,S.MCANALLY) RCA NASHVILLE 4 3

08 12 12 9 MOST PEOPLE ARE GOOD HH Digital Gainer HH Luke Bryan J.STEVENS,J.STEVENS (D.FRASIER,E.M.HILL,J.KEAR) CAPITOL NASHVILLE

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9 9 9 39 YOU BROKE UP WITH ME Walker Hayes S.MCANALLY (W.HAYES,K.SACKLEY,T.ARCHER) MONUMENT/ARISTA NASHVILLE RC 9

10 8 6 37 YOURS Russell Dickerson C.BROWN (P.WELLING,C.BROWN,R.DICKERSON) TRIPLE TIGERS 6 3

011 11 10 34 ALL ON ME Devin Dawson J.JOYCE (D.DAWSON,J.DURRETT,A.SMITH) ATLANTIC/WEA 5 10

012 13 14 32 SINGLES YOU UP Jordan Davis P.DIGIOVANNI (J.DAVIS,S.D.JONES,J.EBACH) MCA NASHVILLE 10 12

013 14 13 27 THE LONG WAY Brett Eldredge R. COPPERMAN,B.ELDREDGE (B.ELDREDGE,M.ROGERS) ATLANTIC/WMN 8 13

014 15 16 16 FEMALE Keith Urban K.URBAN,R. COPPERMAN,D.HUFF (R.COPPERMAN,N.GALYON,S.MCANALLY) HIT RED/CAPITOL NASHVILLE 12 11

015 17 18 28 SHE'S WITH ME High Valley S.MOSLEY,M.O'CONNOR (B.REMPEL,S.MOSLEY,B.M.STENNIS) ATLANTIC/WEA 11 15

016 16 19 36 BOY Lee Brice L.BRICE,J.STONE,K.JACOBS,D.FRIZSELL (J.M.NITE,N.GALYON) CURB 18 16

017 19 20 19 UP DOWN Morgan Wallen Featuring Florida Georgia Line J.MOI (B.CLAWSON,M.HARDY,C.J. SOLAR) BMLG/BIG LOUD 23 17

018 21 22 8 ONE NUMBER AWAY Luke Combs S.MITCHELL,JACKIE BOYZ (L.COMBS,S.A.BATTEY,S.MITCHELL,R.WILLIFORD) RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 25 18

019 22 25 18 FOR THE FIRST TIME Darius Rucker R. COPPERMAN (D.RUCKER,D.GEORGE,SCOOTER CARUSOE) CAPITOL NASHVILLE 14 19

020 20 21 25 HAPPENS LIKE THAT Granger Smith G.SMITH,F.ROGERS,D.WELLS (G.SMITH,J.M.SCHMIDT,A.ALBERT,T.HUBBARD,J.WILSON) WHEELHOUSE 16 20

21 18 17 25 I'LL NAME THE DOGS Blake Shelton S.HENDRICKS (M.DRAGSTREM,B.HAYSLIP,J.THOMPSON) WARNER BROS./WMN RC 6

022 23 28 25 ONES THAT LIKE ME Brantley Gilbert D.HUFF (B.GILBERT,B.CHAFFIN,B.PINSON) VALORY 22 22

023 26 24 21 TAKE BACK HOME GIRL Chris Lane Featuring Tori Kelly J.MOI (D.A.GARCIA,H.LINDSEY,J.MILLER) BIG LOUD 26 23

024 25 27 5 WOMAN, AMEN Dierks Bentley R. COPPERMAN (R.COPPERMAN,J.KEAR,D.BENTLEY) CAPITOL NASHVILLE 21 23

025 27 30 13 EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE ALRIGHT David Lee Murphy & Kenny Chesney K.CHESNEY,B.CANNON (D.L.MURPHY,C.STEVENS,J.YEARY) BLUE CHAIR/REVIVER 20 25

Hot Country Songs

The ballad is the fourth single from Pardi ’s California Sunrise LP, following the top five Hot Country Songs hits “Head Over Boots,” “Dirt on My Boots” and “Heartache on the Dance Floor.” His latest bumps to a new peak (33-30) as it gains by 10 percent to

2.2 million U.S. streams.

30JON PARDI

She Ain’t in It

The Australian singer-songwriter’s launch single bolts 40-33 on Hot Country Songs.

It gains by 21 percent to 6.4 million impressions on Country Airplay, where it

holds at its No. 30 peak.

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For week ending Feb. 22, 2018. Figures are rounded. Compiled from a national sample of retail store and rack sales reports collected and provided by Nielsen Music.

For inquiries about any Nielsen Music data, please contact Josh Bennett at 615-807-1338 or josh.bennett@nielsen.com

The week’s most popular country songs, ranked by radio airplay audience impressions as measured by Nielsen Music, sales data as compiled by Nielsen Music and streaming activity data from online music sources tracked by Nielsen Music. Descending titles below No. 25 are moved to recurrent after 20 weeks.

COUNTRY MARKET WATCHA Weekly National Music Sales Report

Hot Country Songs

ALBUMSDIGITAL

ALBUMS*DIGITAL TRACKS

This Week 266,000 73,000 903,000

Last Week 302,000 80,000 947,000

Change -11.9% -8.8% -4.6%

This Week Last Year 434,000 131,000 1,423,000

Change -38.7% -44.3% -36.5%

*Digital album sales are also counted within album sales.

Weekly Unit SalesYear-Over-Year Album Sales2017 2018 CHANGE

Albums 2,872,000 2,241,000 -22.0%

Digital Tracks 10,973,000 7,628,000 -30.5%

YEAR-TO-DATE

Overall Unit Sales

2017 2018 CHANGE

Physical 1,936,000 1,590,000 -17.9%

Digital 936,000 651,000 -30.4%

Sales by Album Format

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26 24 23 20 MAKE A LITTLE Midland D.HUFF,S.MCANALLY,J.OSBORNE (J.CARSON,C.DUDDY,M.WYSTRACH,S.MCANALLY,J.OSBORNE) BIG MACHINE RC 23

027 30 26 6 TEQUILA Dan + Shay D.SMYERS,S.HENDRICKS (D.SMYERS,J.REYNOLDS,N.GALYON) WARNER BROS./WAR 39 15

028 31 34 5 I LIVED IT Blake Shelton S.HENDRICKS (A.GORLEY,B.HAYSLIP,R.AKINS,R.COPPERMAN) WARNER BROS./WMN 19 28

29 28 29 20 THE REST OF OUR LIFE Tim McGraw & Faith Hill B.GALLIMORE,T.MCGRAW,F.HILL (E.C.SHEERAN,A.WADGE,J.MCDAID,S.MCCUTCHEON) MCGRAW/ARISTA NASHVILLE RC 18

030 33 32 12 SHE AIN'T IN IT Jon Pardi B.BUTLER,J.PARDI (C.DANIELS,W.VARBLE) CAPITOL NASHVILLE 29 30

031 32 31 22 GET TO YOU Michael Ray S.HENDRICKS (A.STOKLASA,P.DOVGALYUK) ATLANTIC/WEA 24 31

032 34 33 17 HOOKED Dylan Scott M.ALDERMAN,C.GIBBS,J.E.NORMAN (L.RIMES,S.ENNIS,M.EVANS) CURB 33 32

033 40 — 2 KISS SOMEBODY Morgan Evans C. DESTEFANO (M.EVANS,C. DESTEFANO,J.OSBORNE) WARNER BROS./WEA 30 33

034 35 35 5 PARALLEL LINE Keith Urban BENNY BLANCO,E.SHEERAN,J.MCDAID,K.URBAN (E.C.SHEERAN,B.J.LEVIN,J.MCDAID,J.MICHAELS,A.WADGE) HIT RED/CAPITOL NASHVILLE - 25

035 39 39 10 I'D BE JEALOUS TOO Dustin Lynch R. COPPERMAN (D.LYNCH,R.COPPERMAN,J.M.NITE) BROKEN BOW 40 35

036 37 37 7 DRUNK GIRL Chris Janson S.HENDRICKS (C.JANSON,SCOOTER CARUSOE,T.DOUGLAS) WARNER BROS./WAR 37 36

037 36 38 11 HEART BREAK Lady Antebellum BUSBEE (D.HAYWOOD,C.KELLEY,H.SCOTT,J.FRASURE,N.GALYON) CAPITOL NASHVILLE 32 36

038 38 40 6 CRIMINAL Lindsay Ell K.BUSH (L.ELL,C.STEVENS,F.WILHELM) STONEY CREEK 27 38

039 41 42 10 THREE CHORDS & THE TRUTH Chase Rice R. COPPERMAN (C.RICE,R.COPPERMAN,J.M.NITE) DACK JANIELS/BROKEN BOW 31 39

040 42 41 5 BORN TO LOVE YOU LANCO J.JOYCE (B.LANCASTER,R.COPPERMAN,A.GORLEY,J.OSBORNE) ARISTA NASHVILLE - 39

041 47 49 6 MERCY Brett Young D.HUFF (B.YOUNG,S.MCCONNELL) BMLG 42 41

042 NEW 1 SOMETHING 'BOUT YOU HH Hot Shot Debut HH Sir Rosevelt TIMBALAND,A.LOPEZ,G.FLORES (Z.BROWN,N.MOON,B.SIMONETTI,T.V.MOSLEY,J.A.VELAZQUEZ,G.FLORES) SOUTHERN GROUND/ELEKTRA/WAR

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043 43 45 12 WHAT'S MINE IS YOURS Kane Brown D.HUFF (K.BROWN,S.ELLIS,J.HOGE) ZONE 4/RCA NASHVILLE - 34

044 44 44 5 KINDA DON'T CARE Justin Moore S.BORCHETTA,J.S.STOVER (R.AKINS,R.COPPERMAN,B.HAYSLIP) VALORY 34 44

045 46 47 4 DOIN' FINE Lauren Alaina BUSBEE (LAUREN ALAINA,E.SHACKELTON,BUSBEE) 19/INTERSCOPE/MERCURY 36 45

046 48 48 4 SHOOT ME STRAIGHT Brothers Osborne J.JOYCE (J. OSBORNE,T.J. OSBORNE,L.T.MILLER) EMI NASHVILLE 43 35

47 45 43 13 MILLIONAIRE Chris Stapleton D.COBB,C.STAPLETON (K.WELCH) MERCURY - 26

048 50 — 2 STUPID Levi Hummon C. DESTEFANO (L.HUMMON,SCOOTER CARUSOE,C. DESTEFANO) ICONIC ENTERTAINMENT - 48

049 NEW 1 SPEAKERS, BLEACHERS AND PREACHERS Brandon Lay P.DIGIOVANNI,B.LAY (B.LAY,L.LAIRD,S.MCANALLY) EMI NASHVILLE 48 49

050 NEW 1 A LITTLE DIVE BAR IN DAHLONEGA Ashley McBryde J.JOYCE (A.MCBRYDE,N.HAYFORD,J.RICE) ATLANTIC/WAR 35 50

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11.0 million

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The week’s top-streamed and top-selling paid download country songs, respectively, from sales reports collected and provided by Nielsen Music. Charts update weekly on Tuesdays at www.Billboard.Biz/charts. Copyright 2018, Prometheus Global Media, LLC and Nielsen Music, Inc. All rights reserved.

TOP COUNTRY ALBUMS COUNTRY DIGITAL SONG SALES

Top Country Albums ranks the most popular country albums of the week, as compiled by Nielsen Music, based on multi-metric consumption (blending traditional album sales, track equivalent albums, and streaming equivalent albums). Copyright 2018, Prometheus Global Media, LLC and Nielsen Music, Inc. All rights reserved.

Americana/Folk Albums ranks the most popular Americana/folk albums of the week, as compiled by Nielsen Music, based on multi-metric consumption (blending traditional album sales, track equivalent albums, and streaming equivalent albums). Copyright 2018, Prometheus Global Media, LLC and Nielsen Music, Inc. All rights reserved.

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01 2 4 64 KANE BROWN KANE BROWNZONE 4/RCA NASHVILLE 530947*/SMN 0 1

2 3 2 147 CHRIS STAPLETON TRAVELLERMERCURY 019405*/UMGN 2 1

3 5 6 24 THOMAS RHETT LIFE CHANGESVALORY TR0300A/BMLG 1

4 4 5 42 CHRIS STAPLETON FROM A ROOM: VOLUME 1MERCURY 026379*/UMGN 0 1

5 1 1 12 CHRIS STAPLETON FROM A ROOM: VOLUME 2MERCURY 027408*/UMGN 1

6 6 8 11 LUKE BRYAN WHAT MAKES YOU COUNTRYCAPITOL NASHVILLE 027589/UMGN 1

7 7 9 38 LUKE COMBS THIS ONE’S FOR YOURIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 538883*/SMN 0 1

8 8 10 54 BRETT YOUNG BRETT YOUNGBMLG BY0100A* 0 2

9 10 13 88 JON PARDI CALIFORNIA SUNRISECAPITOL NASHVILLE 024744*/UMGN 0 1

010 RE-ENTRY 16 KENNY CHESNEY LIVE IN NO SHOES NATIONBLUE CHAIR/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 513497/SMN 1

011 13 15 78 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE DIG YOUR ROOTSBMLG 0300* 1 1

12 11 14 158 SAM HUNT MONTEVALLOMCA NASHVILLE 021502/UMGN 3 1

013 14 17 26 OLD DOMINION HAPPY ENDINGSRCA NASHVILLE 542939*/SMN 1

14 12 12 5 LANCO HALLELUJAH NIGHTSARISTA NASHVILLE 530583*/SMN 1

15 15 18 94 KEITH URBAN RIPCORDHIT RED/CAPITOL NASHVILLE 023591*/UMGN (025848 AMS & WSEX) 1 1

016 21 21 135 ZAC BROWN BAND GREATEST HITS SO FAR...ROAR/SOUTHERN GROUND/ATLANTIC 546369/AG 3

17 20 19 126 THOMAS RHETT TANGLED UPVALORY RT0200A/BMLG 1 2

18 22 22 11 WALKER HAYES BOOM.MONUMENT 548324/SMN 6

019 24 24 24 DUSTIN LYNCH CURRENT MOODBROKEN BOW 7934/BBMG 2

020 37 34 164 LUKE BRYAN CRASH MY PARTYCAPITOL NASHVILLE 018733/UMGN 4 1

021 31 31 156 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE HERE’S TO THE GOOD TIMESREPUBLIC NASHVILLE 017773/BMLG 2 1

22 23 20 121 ERIC CHURCH MR. MISUNDERSTOODEMI NASHVILLE 024200*/UMGN 1 2

23 19 28 16 BLAKE SHELTON TEXOMA SHOREWARNER BROS. 564386/WMN 1

24 26 25 18 CHRIS YOUNG LOSING SLEEPRCA NASHVILLE 544257/SMN 1

25 28 27 133 CARRIE UNDERWOOD GREATEST HITS: DECADE #119/ARISTA NASHVILLE 500876/SMN 1 1

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01 1 13 MEANT TO BE BEBE REXHA & FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE

02 2 4 YOU MAKE IT EASY JASON ALDEAN

3 4 19 MARRY ME THOMAS RHETT

04 5 14 HEAVEN KANE BROWN

5 6 26 BROKEN HALOS CHRIS STAPLETON

06 7 7 MOST PEOPLE ARE GOOD LUKE BRYAN

07 8 17 FIVE MORE MINUTES SCOTTY MCCREERY

8 9 32 YOU BROKE UP WITH ME WALKER HAYES

9 10 16 WRITTEN IN THE SAND OLD DOMINION

10 11 112 TENNESSEE WHISKEY CHRIS STAPLETON

011 13 3 EVERYTHING’S GONNA BE ALRIGHT DAVID LEE MURPHY & KENNY CHESNEY

12 12 20 BOY LEE BRICE

013 21 6 SINGLES YOU UP JORDAN DAVIS

14 14 41 WHAT IFS KANE BROWN FEAT. LAUREN ALAINA

015 19 10 UP DOWN MORGAN WALLEN FEAT. FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE

16 17 5 ONE NUMBER AWAY LUKE COMBS

17 15 25 YOURS RUSSELL DICKERSON

018 22 5 THE LONG WAY BRETT ELDREDGE

19 16 14 ALL ON ME DEVIN DAWSON

20 18 34 GREATEST LOVE STORY LANCO

21 23 56 BODY LIKE A BACK ROAD SAM HUNT

022 RE-ENTRY LEGENDS KELSEA BALLERINI

23 24 16 FEMALE KEITH URBAN

024 RE-ENTRY TEQUILA DAN + SHAY

25 25 15 THE REST OF OUR LIFE TIM MCGRAW & FAITH HILL

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In its sixth week on Country Digital Song Sales, Davis ’ freshman single climbs 21-

13, hitting a new peak (7,000 sold, up 17 percent). The move helps push the

track 13-12 on Hot Country Songs, also a new high for the song.

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02 2 10 MARRY ME THOMAS RHETT

03 3 16 HEAVEN KANE BROWN

04 4 4 YOU MAKE IT EASY JASON ALDEAN

05 5 42 WHAT IFS KANE BROWN FEAT. LAUREN ALAINA

06 6 46 TENNESSEE WHISKEY CHRIS STAPLETON

07 7 55 BODY LIKE A BACK ROAD SAM HUNT

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When Trent Harmon faced 1,000 music and broadcast executives at a Country Radio Seminar (CRS) showcase on Feb. 7, he was under pressure. He hadn’t appeared on a Billboard country singles chart in 10 months since “There’s a Girl” ended its run on the charts dated April 16, 2017. He was about to introduce an extremely personal new single in front of an influential audience, and the electronic keyboard wouldn’t make a sound.

He stood there in the awkwardness, offered a bit of patter to fill time, then delivered a hair-raising performance that earned an instant standing ovation.

“How do you act in that situation?” says Harmon rhetorically. “Just be cool, but it’s hard to be cool in those moments. It’s really hard.”

Especially given the weight of the song. The gut-ripping “You Got ’Em All” came straight out of a horrendously difficult year. Harmon’s former label, Dot, folded, and Core Media Group, the company that owns 19 Entertainment and American Idol, filed a Chapter 11 restructuring plan that left Harmon in limbo. Just as the fog over his business began to lift, girlfriend Kathleen Couch announced in a phone call on June 4 — as Harmon was about to go onstage in Portland, Ore. — that she was heading to Thailand for a work opportunity.

“The only thing that I hear is, ‘I’m moving to Thailand to teach forever,’ ” recalls Harmon. “I think I just let her go. I said, ‘Well, great. Have a great time.’ ”

Two mornings later, Harmon found himself back in Nashville, emotionally fragile, drained from the travel back to town, apparently single and ready to cancel a songwriting session at the Word Entertainment office of Justin Ebach (“Sleep Without You,” “Singles You Up”). Ebach talked him into keeping the appointment, suggesting that songwriters are often their most productive when they’re uncomfortable.

“Those are usually the days where the devil is trying to get you not to write,” says Ebach. “Because something’s ‘on’ that day.”

Harmon spilled his guts to Ebach and co-writer Jordan Minton, and after pursuing several other ideas, Ebach pulled out “You Got ’Em All,” a song he had started about six weeks before. He had the opening line to the chorus — “Girl, I’m still waiting on life to begin again” — and he knew where the key twists to the title belonged. The opening verse would address the woman’s dreams, ending with the wish “I hope you got ’em all.” The chorus would close with the guy’s shattered dreams: “I feel like all my better days are gone/And I think you got ’em all.” And the bridge would cinch it with a reflection on all the memories they had built when they were together: “I hope you got ’em all.”

“We had some of the melody stuff and those kind of things, then we went into Trent’s story, and he was like, ‘This is me, this is how I feel right now,’ ” remembers Ebach. “Then it became Trent’s song. We really just plugged his story in.”

The trio finished the song in about 45 minutes, breaking periodically for an emotional respite.

“We would stop writing for five minutes and just kind of talk and hang out,” says Minton. “When you’re writing a song that’s that heavy, you’ve just got to breathe for a few minutes.”

Once it was completed, Ebach produced three different demos for it, ranging from a stripped-down piano/vocal approach to a full arrangement with a string section. He eventually turned in all three versions to his publisher, though he felt the bare-bones rendition was best.

“What needs to be focused on is the vocal and the lyric,” says Ebach. “When you capture that right, honestly, you don’t need to add a lot of elements.”

That was the setup when Harmon sang “You Got ’Em All” live for the first time on Oct. 19 at his alma mater, the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville.

With the piano mostly plunking out the spare chords, the performance was posted online, and Crouch — the woman who had inspired the song — spotted it over in Thailand.

“She may have sent me an email,” notes Harmon, “that just said, ‘New song tonight. Wow.’ ”

Before the year was up, Harmon’s label issues were resolved, and he re-signed to Big Machine Label Group. President/CEO Scott Borchetta pegged “You Got ’Em All” as the single that would reintroduce Harmon.

“The song just killed me,” says Borchetta. “That lyric in the chorus — you know, ‘All my better days are gone/and I think you got ’em all’ — if that doesn’t connect and if that’s not a hit, I’ll never produce another record.”

Borchetta did, in fact, co-produce the song with Jimmy Robbins (Canaan Smith, RaeLynn) on Dec. 20 at Ocean Way Studios. They booked the date for just the one song, which — like Harmon’s CRS performance — meant working under the gun.

“There’s some pressure with Scott being in the room,” admits Robbins, “but at the same time, there’s a lot of good that goes along with that. If he likes it, there’s none of that ‘Well, I hope they like it’ feeling when you turn in a record.”

David Dorn slipped the single-note piano motif into several parts of the arrangement, and the band created an instrumental arc that built slowly without stealing attention from Harmon’s lead. Drummer Nir Z f licked a shaker in the background

of the intro, but never hit the toms until verse two. Derek Wells wedged in a pivotal four-bar guitar solo before the break, temporarily taking the spotlight from Harmon.

“There wasn’t any exhale in the song between the second chorus and the bridge, so I really pushed to get that proper guitar solo in there,” says Borchetta.

His history as a mentor to Harmon on the 2016 season of American Idol helped, too. Crouch and Harmon had reunited, and she was actually in the control room as he took on the final vocal. The first attempt was passable, but Borchetta knew he had a better take in him. Borchetta asked him to take a couple minutes, return to the emotional state he was in when he wrote “You Got ’Em All” and try again. With the lights turned low and Crouch in the background, Harmon nailed it on that second pass.

“You can hear a switch flip between take one and take two,” says Robbins. “He just went there.”

Harmon did it again at the CRS performance, finding the song’s emotional hot spot despite the disruptive piano malfunction and the pressure of an industry audience.

“I felt like I had never heard the song before, even as someone that wrote it,” says Minton. “I was just blown away.”

Big Machine officially released it to radio that afternoon, and it topped the New & Active chart dated Feb. 25, hinting at the possibilities for “You Got ’Em All.” Harmon hopes it cements a bigger place in the genre. And he similarly hopes it’s a stepping stone for him and Crouch in whatever future they might have.

“I didn’t want her to go have a great time and me be here blue and miserable,” says Harmon of her experiences in Thailand. “But she had a great time, enough that she’s going back. She’s going to do her thing, and I’m going to tour and do music. We don’t really want to be with anybody else, but we’re not going to hold each other back, either. It’s a good place, just uncharted territory.”

Meanwhile, expect “You Got ’Em All” to be charting soon.

Trent Harmon Longs For Better Days With Powerful ‘You Got ’Em All’

MAKIN’ TRACKS TOM ROLAND tom.roland@billboard.com

HARMON

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01 3 15 MARRY ME Valory HH No. 1 (1 week) HH Thomas Rhett 4931 +240 7.566

02 2 30 FIVE MORE MINUTES Triple Tigers Scotty McCreery 4899 +82 7.611

03 4 31 BROKEN HALOS Mercury Chris Stapleton 4623 +239 7.154

04 6 26 ALL ON ME Atlantic/WEA Devin Dawson 4171 +244 6.298

05 8 9 MOST PEOPLE ARE GOOD Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan 4068 +512 6.294

06 7 27 THE LONG WAY Atlantic/WMN Brett Eldredge 3988 +375 5.918

07 11 35 SINGLES YOU UP MCA Nashville Jordan Davis 3532 +418 5.319

8 5 25 WRITTEN IN THE SAND RCA Nashville Old Dominion 3494 -760 5.788

9 1 36 LEGENDS Black River Kelsea Ballerini 3399 -1548 5.764

010 12 30 FOR THE FIRST TIME Capitol Nashville Darius Rucker 3159 +199 4.733

011 13 30 SHE'S WITH ME Atlantic/WEA High Valley 3128 +172 4.589

12 9 16 FEMALE Capitol Nashville Keith Urban 3027 -234 4.310

013 15 37 HAPPENS LIKE THAT Wheelhouse Granger Smith 2731 +44 4.049

014 20 5 YOU MAKE IT EASY Macon/Broken Bow HH Most Increased Plays HH Jason Aldean 2490 +539 3.783

015 19 34 THE ONES THAT LIKE ME Valory Brantley Gilbert 2474 +167 3.396

016 18 35 BOY Curb Lee Brice 2441 +100 3.561

017 17 16 EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE ALRIGHT Blue Chair/Reviver David Lee Murphy & Kenny Chesney 2384 +10 3.513

018 21 6 WOMAN, AMEN Capitol Nashville Dierks Bentley 2209 +264 3.248

019 23 6 I LIVED IT Warner Bros./WMN Blake Shelton 2078 +425 2.975

020 25 13 MEANT TO BE Warner Bros/BMLG Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line 2064 +489 2.823

021 22 19 SHE AIN'T IN IT Capitol Nashville Jon Pardi 1980 +87 2.737

022 27 13 HEAVEN Zone 4/RCA Nashville Kane Brown 1892 +437 2.747

023 26 14 UP DOWN Big Loud/BMLG Morgan Wallen Feat. Florida Georgia Line 1596 +66 2.064

024 29 19 TAKE BACK HOME GIRL Big Loud Chris Lane Feat. Tori Kelly 1354 +80 1.476

025 30 28 GET TO YOU Atlantic/WEA Michael Ray 1351 +183 2.013

026 31 8 ONE NUMBER AWAY River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs 1314 +277 1.737

027 28 23 HEART BREAK Capitol Nashville Lady Antebellum 1287 0 1.717

028 32 40 DOIN' FINE 19/Interscope/Mercury Lauren Alaina 1099 +145 1.297

029 33 9 CRIMINAL Stoney Creek Lindsay Ell 985 +81 1.194

030 34 25 KINDA DON'T CARE Valory Justin Moore 841 +58 1.248

Country Indicator

BILLBOARD COUNTRY INDICATOR PANEL — 106 STATIONS

Abilene, Texas KEANAlexandria, La. KRRVAmarillo, Texas KGNCAsheville, N.C. WKSFAtlantic City, N.J. WPURBeaumont, Texas KYKRBeckley, W. Va. WJLSBiloxi, Miss. WZKXBloomington, Ill. WIBLBluefield, W. Va. WHKXBurlington, Vt. WOKOCape Girardeau, Mo. KEZSCharleston, W. Va WKWS WQBECollege Station, Texas KAGGColumbia, Mo. KCLRColumbus, Ga. WKCN WSTH Cookeville, Tenn. WGSQDothan, Ala. WTVYDuluth, Minn. KKCBEau Claire, Wis. WAXXElizabeth City, N.C. WRSFErie, Pa. WTWFEugene, Ore. KKNUEvansville, Ind. WKDQFargo, N.D. KBVB WSTH

Fayetteville, N.C. WKMLFlagstaff, Ariz. KAFFFlint, Mich. WFBEFlorence, Ala. WXFLFlorence, S.C. WEGXFt. Collins, Colo. KUADFt. Smith, Ark. KTCSFrederick, Md. WFREFredericksburg, Va. WFLSGreen Bay, Wis. WNCYHagerstown, Md. WAYZHot Springs, Ark. KQUSHuntington, Ky. WDGGHuntington, W. Va. WTCRIdaho Falls, Idaho KTHKJackson, Miss. WMSI WUSJJanesville, Wis. WJVL Jonesboro, Ark. KDXYJoplin, Mo. KIXQKalamazoo, Mich. WNWNKalispell, Mont. KDBRKingmah, Ariz. KFLGLafayette, Ind. WKOALaredo, Texas KRRGLansing, Mich. WITLLaurel, Miss. WBBN

Lebanon, N.H. WXXKLincoln, Neb KFGELongview, Texas KYKXLubbock, Texas KLLLLufkin, Texas KYKSMason City, Iowa KIAIMedford, Ore. KRWQMeridian, Miss. WOKKMontgomery, Ala. WLWIMorgantown, W. Va. WKKWMuskegon, Mich. WMUSNew London, Conn. WCTYOdessa, Texas KHKXPalm Springs, Calif. KPLMPensacola, Fla. WXBMPeoria, Ill. WXCL Poughkeepsie, N.Y. WRWDRapid City, S.D. KOUTRockford, Ill. WXXQRocky Mount, N.C. WDWGSaginaw, Mich. WCENSt. Cloud, Minn. KZPKSalina, Kan. KYEZSalisbury, Md. WKTTSan Angelo, Texas KGKLSan Luis Obispo, Calif. KKJG

Santa Barbara, Calif. KRAZSanta Maria, Calif. KSNISheboygan, Wis. WBFMSavannah, Ga. WJCL WUBBShreveport, La. KXKSSioux Cty, Iowa KSUXSouth Bend, Ind. WBYTSpringfield, Ill. WFMBSpringfield, Mo. KTTSTerre Haute, Ind. WTHITopeka, Kan. WIBWTraverse City, Mich. WTCMTupelo, Miss. WWZDUtica, N.Y. WFRGVictor Valley, CA. KATJWaco, Texas WACOWausau, Wis. WDEZWheeling, W. Va. WOVKWilliamsport, Pa. WILQYakima, Wash. KXDDYoungstown, Ohio WQXK WWGYWestwood One HOT COUNTRY MAINSTREAM COUNTRYMusic Choice TODAY’S COUNTRYSirius XM THE HIGHWAY

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l31 35 11 DRUNK GIRL Warner Bros./WAR Chris Janson 764 +48 1.077

032 36 6 TEQUILA Warner Bros./WAR Dan + Shay 757 +55 0.878

033 37 17 SELFISH Rebel Engine Stephanie Quayle 723 +34 0.840

034 39 7 SHOOT ME STRAIGHT EMI Nashville Brothers Osborne 712 +96 0.733

035 46 5 KISS SOMEBODY Warner Bros./WEA HH Most Added HH Morgan Evans 641 +277 0.841

036 38 12 HIDE THE WINE Big Machine Carly Pearce 630 +3 0.683

37 40 15 THREE CHORDS & THE TRUTH Dack Janiels/Broken Bow Chase Rice 600 -15 0.707

038 41 18 HOOKED Curb Dylan Scott 583 +31 0.654

039 45 3 A LITTLE DIVE BAR IN DAHLONEGA Atlantic/WAR Ashley McBryde 521 +141 0.741

040 42 25 SPEAKERS, BLEACHERS AND PREACHERS EMI Nashville Brandon Lay 502 +10 0.606

041 49 2 RUN WILD HORSES BIG Label Aaron Watson 476 +162 0.615

042 43 12 AIRPLANE Sea Gayle CJ Solar 452 +25 0.512

43 44 8 STILL THE SAME Big Machine Sugarland 396 -31 0.469

044 47 6 LAST SHOT MCA Nashville Kip Moore 365 +18 0.361

045 NEW MERCY BMLG HH Hot Shot Debut HH Brett Young 364 +227 0.398

046 50 12 DIANE Arista Nashville Cam 348 +38 0.373

047 58 2 RICH Columbia Nashville Maren Morris 340 +134 0.494

048 48 16 I'D BE JEALOUS TOO Broken Bow Dustin Lynch 334 +2 0.395

049 51 14 SUPERMAN (FOR A DAY) Dream Walkin' Smith & Wesley 310 +9 0.324

050 52 6 BOOTS OFF MV2 Terry McBride 297 +35 0.317

051 NEW BREAK UP IN THE END Warner Bros./WMN Cole Swindell 292 +292 0.553

052 53 3 I GOT THIS Curb Jerrod Niemann 282 +23 0.296

053 59 3 DON'T GET BETTER THAN THAT Reviver LOCASH 261 +63 0.375

054 55 5 AMERICAN BEAUTY Bison Creek James Robert Webb 258 +9 0.305

055 54 14 WILD WEST Wheelhouse Runaway June 258 +3 0.212

056 57 3 YES BigBig Eric Chesser 242 +18 0.277

057 NEW BORN TO LOVE YOU Arista Nashville LANCO 214 +50 0.239

58 56 9 FIREWATER Keith Walker Keith Walker 173 -55 0.130

059 NEW HANGIN' ON RCA Nashville Chris Young 172 +49 0.233

l60 NEW NOISE BMG Shenandoah 144 +9 0.173

Country Indicator

CHARTS LEGENDRANKINGSCountry Airplay is ranked by total audience impressions for the week ending Sunday based on monitored airplay of 148 stations by Nielsen BDS. Audience totals on the chart are derived, in part, using certain Arbitron Inc. copyrighted Persons 12+ audience estimates (under license © 2018, Arbitron Inc.) Country Indicator is tabulated using reported playlists and Nielsen BDS-monitored airplay at 106 stations, ranked by total plays.

BULLETSl Awarded on Country Airplay to titles gaining audience or remaining flat from the previous week. A song will also receive a bullet if its percentage loss in audience does not exceed the percentage of monitored

station downtime for the format. Titles that decline in audience but increase in detections will also receive a bullet if the total audience erosion for the week does not exceed 3%. Bullets are awarded on Country Indicator to titles gaining plays or remaining flat from the previous week.

TIESOn Country Airplay, if two songs are tied in total audience, the song with the larger increase in audience is placed first. On Country Indicator, if two songs are tied in total plays, the song with the larger increase in plays is placed first.

RECURRENTSOn Country Airplay, descending titles below No. 10 in either audience or detections are moved to recurrent after 20 weeks, provided that they are not still

gaining enough audience points to bullet or if they rank below No. 10 and post a third consecutive week of (non-bulleted) audience decline, regardless of total chart weeks. On Country Indicator, descending, non-bulleted titles below No. 10 are moved to recurrent after 20 weeks or if they post a third consecutive week of decline in plays after 10 weeks.

HOT SHOT DEBUTAwarded to the highest-ranking new entry on Country Airplay and Country Indicator, respectively.

MOST ADDEDThe total number of new adds officially reported to Billboard by each reporting station, or by an automatic-add threshold (seven plays for the first time in a chart tracking week, according to Nielsen BDS) for stations that do not report adds.

MOST INCREASED AUDIENCE/PLAYSMost Increased Audience on Country Airplay and Most Increased Plays on Country Indicator list the songs with the greatest week-to-week increases in total audience or plays, respectively.

AIRPOWERAwarded on Country Airplay to titles ranking inside top 20 in plays and audience rankings for the first time, with increases in both plays and audience.

BREAKERAwarded on Country Airplay to titles achieving airplay (at least one detection) at 60% of reporting stations for the first time.

© 2018 Prometheus Global Media, LLC

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Country Airplay IndexA

ALL ON ME Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/JJ Music Inc., BMI/Neon Cross Music, BMI/Magic Mustang Music Inc., BMI/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Two Sixteen Publishing, ASCAP (D.Dawson, J.Durrett, A.Smith) 5

AMERICAN ROCK 'N ROLL RJR Music Publishing, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Prince Of Minnesota Publishing, BMI/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Cooper Cavalier, ASCAP (R.J.Ritchie, J.Hyde, N.A.Medley, A.Eshuis) 56

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BEST SHOT Red Lining Music, SESAC/Amplified Hour Songs, SESAC/Castle Bound Music, Inc., SESAC/Rio Bravo Music, Inc., BMI/Blonde Leading Blind, BMI (J.Allen, J.London, J.P.Williams) 52

BORN TO LOVE YOU Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Concession 114 Music, BMI/Neon Cross Music, BMI/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Plain Jane Songs, BMI/Rezolant Music, BMI/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/Sadie's Favorite Songs, ASCAP/Anderson Fork In The Road Music, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP (B.Lancaster, R.Copperman, A.Gorley, J.Osborne) 51

BOY EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Nite Writer Music, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/A Girl Named Charlie, BMI (J.M.Nite, N.Galyon) 18

BREAK UP IN THE END EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Nite Writer Music, ASCAP/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Plum Nelly, BMI/Big Music Machine, BMI/Big Ass Pile Of Dimes Music, BMI (J.M.Nite, C.McGill, J.J.Dillon) 28

BROKEN HALOS WB Music Corp., ASCAP/House Of Sea Gayle Music, ASCAP/Spirit Cataloge Holdings, S.A.R.L./Spirit Two Nashville, ASCAP/Straight Six Music, BMI (C.Stapleton, M.Henderson) 3

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CHILLS WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Meant Well, ASCAP/ole Publishing, SOCAN (D.Woods, T.Wood, G.Slate, J.Barker) 58

COUNTRY SONG Almost Country Publishig, ASCAP (C.Donahew, A.Copeland, J.Newsome) 59

CRIMINAL Magic Mustang Music Inc., BMI/BMG Platinum Songs, BMI/Lindsay Ell Music, BMI/Moody Producer Music, BMI/Capitol CMG Paragon, BMI/Float Music, BMI/Meaux Mercy, BMI (L.Ell, C.Stevens, F.Wilhelm) 27

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DIANE Sony/ATV Ballad, BMI/One Year Yesterday Publishing, BMI/Creative Pulse Music, BMI/These Are Pulse Songs, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Way Above Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Songs LLC, BMI (C.Ochs, T.Johnson, J.Bhasker) 45

DOIN' FINE Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Lylas Music, BMI/Better Boat Music, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs, BMI/Jam Writers Group, BMI/Hello I Love You Music, BMI (Lauren Alaina, E.Shackelton, busbee) 36

DON'T GET BETTER THAN THAT Mars Marley Music, BMI/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Koala T Tunes, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Yeah Baby Songs Global, BMI/Better Boat Music, BMI (P.Brust, C.Lucas, L.Rimes, P.Barton) 49

DRUNK GIRL ole Red Vinyl Music, BMI/Buckkilla Music, BMI/Scrambler Music, ASCAP/Abbotts Creek Music Two, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Tomdouglasmusic, BMI (C.Janson, Scooter Carusoe, T.Douglas) 37

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EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE ALRIGHT Old Desperados, LLC, ASCAP/N2D Publishing Company, Inc., ASCAP/Meaux Mercy, BMI/Moody Producer Music, BMI/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Thankful For This Music, ASCAP/Great Day At This Music, BMI/Beattyville Music, BMI (D.L.Murphy, C.Stevens, J.Yeary) 20

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FEMALE EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Rezolant Music, BMI/Plain Jane Songs, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/A Girl Named Charlie, BMI/Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Songs LLC, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR (R.Copperman, N.Galyon, S.McAnally) 12

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FIVE MORE MINUTES Dagum Music, BMI/Spirit Cataloge Holdings, S.A.R.L./Spirit Two Nashville, ASCAP/House Of Sea Gayle Music, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Dixey Bar Music, BMI (S.McCreery, F.Rogers, M.Criswell) 1

FOR THE FIRST TIME Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/GrowingMusic, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Funky Friar Music, ASCAP/Scrambler Music, ASCAP/Abbotts Creek Music Two, ASCAP (D.Rucker, D.George, Scooter Carusoe) 14

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GET TO YOU Year Of The Dog Music, ASCAP/ole Green Vinyl Music, ASCAP (A.Stoklasa, P.Dovgalyuk) 24

GUNS & ROSES Goes Something Like THIS Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Capitol CMG Paragon, BMI (D.Baldridge, T.Nichols, C.Stevens) 53

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HAPPENS LIKE THAT Climbing Windmills Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/We-Volve Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Freshy Music, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Round Hill Works, BMI/T Hubb Publishing, BMI/Legends Of Magic Mustang Music, SESAC/W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC (G.Smith, J.M.Schmidt, A.Albert, T.Hubbard, J.Wilson) 16

HEART BREAK WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Haywoodja Cut That Song, ASCAP/The Best I Could Do Publishing, ASCAP/W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC/EKT Publishing, SESCA/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Songs Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/Telemitry Rhythm House Music, BMI/A Girl Named Charlie, BMI (D.Haywood, C.Kelley, H.Scott, J.Frasure, N.Galyon) 32

HEAVEN BMG Platinum Songs, BMI/You Want How Much Of What Publishing, PRS/Smackworks Music, SESAC/Kobalt Group Music Publishing, SESAC/Smack Blue, LLC, SESAC/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Sony/ATV Songs LLC, BMI/Koala T Tunes, BMI (S.Carter, M.McGinn, L.Rimes) 17

HIDE THE WINE WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/Sadie's Favorite Songs, ASCAP/Universal Music Works, GMR/We Are Creative Nation, GMR/Jake & Mack Music, GMR/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP (A.Gorley, L.Laird, H.Lindsey) 44

HOOKED WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Songs From The Rose Hotel, ASCAP/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Koala T Tunes, BMI/SongsbyME, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI (L.Rimes, S.Ennis, M.Evans) 33

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I'D BE JEALOUS TOO Magic Mustang Music Inc., BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Plane Jane Songs, BMI/Rezolant Music, BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP (D.Lynch, R.Copperman, J.M.Nite) 40

I GOT THIS Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Little Louder Songs, BMI/Emileon Songs, BMI/Round Hill Works, BMI/Big Loud Proud Crowd, BMI/Round Hill Compositions, BMI/Anderson Fork In The Road Music, ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP (L.Dick, R.Clawson, J.Osborne) 38

I LIVED IT Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/Sadie's Favorite Songs, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Thankful For This Music, ASCAP/Pinetucky Road Publishing, ASCAP/Ritten by Rhettro, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Plain Jane Songs, BMI/Rezolant Music, BMI (A.Gorley, B.Hayslip, R.Akins, R.Copperman) 19

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KINDA DON'T CARE Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Songs By Red Room, BMI/Thankful For This Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP (R.Akins, R.Copperman, B.Hayslip) 34

KISS SOMEBODY Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Morgan Evans Publishing Designee, BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/CDS Words And Music, ASACP/Anderson Fork In The Road Music, ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP (M.Evans, C. DeStefano, J.Osborne) 30

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LAST SHOT WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Point Break Publishing, ASCAP/Music Of The Corn, ASCAP/Songs From The Couch, BMI/Old Desperados, LLC, ASCAP/N2D Publishing Company, Inc., ASCAP/Carol Vincent And Associates, LLC., ASCAP (K.Moore, D.Couch, D.L.Murphy) 47

LEGENDS Songs Of Black River, ASCAP/KNB Music, ASCAP/Write Me Like You Mean It, ASCAP/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Rezonant Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP (K.Ballerini, F.G.Whitehead, H.Lindsey) 9

A LITTLE DIVE BAR IN DAHLONEGA Songs Of Song Factroy, BMI/Veranda Music, SESAC/Little Falcor Music, BMI (A.McBryde, N.Hayford, J.Rice) 35

THE LONG WAY Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Paris Not France Music, BMI/ole Canalco Publishing, ASCAP (B.Eldredge, M.Rogers) 8

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MARRY ME EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Cricket On The Line, BMI/Rio Bravo Music, Inc., BMI/Telemitry Productions, BMI/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/Sadie's Favorite Songs, ASCAP/Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Songs LLC, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR (Thomas Rhett, J.Frasure, A.Gorley, S.McAnally) 2

MEANT TO BE BMG Platinum Songs, BMI/Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Kiss Me If You Can Music, BMI/T Hubb Publishing, BMI/Round Hill Works, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Songs Of The Corn, BMI/Jack 10 Publishing, BMI/Universal Music - Brentwood Benson Publishing, ASCAP/D Soul Music, ASCAP/Capitol CMG Genesis, ASCAP (B.Rexha, T.Hubbard, J.Miller, D.A.Garcia) 15

MERCY Super Big Music, ASCAP/Caliville Publishing, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Little Beluga Music, BMI (B.Young, S.McConnell) 42

MOST PEOPLE ARE GOOD SB 21 Music Publishing, BMI/Purdy Beard Music, BMI/Songs Of Amylase Music, BMI/Five Hills Music, BMI/Do Write Music, LLC/Year Of The Dog Music, ASCAP/Champagne Whiskey Publishing, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP (D.Frasier, E.M.Hill, J.Kear) 7

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ONE NUMBER AWAY Works For RHA Music, BMI/Mall B. Publishing, ASCAP/Razor & Tie Music Publishing, LLC, ASCAP/The Bicycle Music Company, ASCAP/Tunes of R And T Direct, SESAC/Self Shrevident Music, SESAC/Rowdy Rob Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI (L.Combs, S.A.Battey, S.Mitchell, R.Williford) 25

ONES THAT LIKE ME Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Indiana Angel Music, BMI/Parallel Music Publishing, LLC, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Bobby's Lyrics, Land And Livestock, BMI (B.Gilbert, B.Chaffin, B.Pinson) 22

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REASONS Archer And Arrow Publishing, ASCAP/Razor And Tie Music Publishing, BMI/Tofer The Musical, BMI/Round Hill Works, BMI/Big Loud Proud Crowd, BMI/Bux Tone Music, BMI (J.Jacqueline, T.Brown, S.Buxton) 54

RICH International Dog Music, BMI/Nettwerk One B Music, BMI/Unlimited, BMI/Revelry Music, BMI/Jay Gatsby Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Oh Denise Publishing, BMI/Big Music Machine, BMI (M.Morris, J.J.Dillon, L.Veltz) 50

RUN WILD HORSES Not Listed (Not Listed) 60

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SHE AIN'T IN IT Writers Of Sea Gayle Music, BMI/Spirit Cataloge Holdings, S.A.R.L./Spirit Of Nashville One, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs, BMI/Mater Pie Music, BMI (C.Daniels, W.Varble) 29

SHE'S WITH ME Spruce Road Publishing, GMR/Capitol CMG Zenith, GMR/Sony/ATV Story Music Publishing, GMR/Centricity Tunes, GMR/CentricSongs, SESAC/The Stennis Mightier Music, BMI/Young Guns Publishing, LLC, BMI/Dead Aim Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Capitol CMG Amplifier, SESAC (B.Rempel, S.Mosley, B.M.Stennis) 11

SHOOT ME STRAIGHT Trampy McCauley, ASCAP/All The Kings Pens, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/The Country And Western Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI (J. Osborne, T.J. Osborne, L.T.Miller) 43

SINGLES YOU UP Ole Red Cape Songs, ASCAP/Word Music, LLC, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Wordspring Music, LLC, SESAC/Memory Days, SESAC/W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC (J.Davis, S.D.Jones, J.Ebach) 10

SOMETHING 'BOUT YOU Day For The Dead Publishing, SESAC/Reach Music Tunes, SESAC/Siva Moon Publishing, SESAC/W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC/Simonetti Music Publishing, SESAC/Kobalt Group Music Publishing, SESAC/Ole Red Cape Songs, ASCAP/VB Rising Publishing, ASCAP/Jose A. Velazquez Music, ASCAP/Gilde Flores Publishing Designee, ASCAP (Z.Brown, N.Moon, B.Simonetti, T.V.Mosley, J.A.Velazquez, G.Flores) 57

SPEAKERS, BLEACHERS AND PREACHERS Mid South Mood Maker Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Universal Music Works, GMR/We Are Creative Nation, GMR/Jake & Mack Music, GMR/Smack Hits, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR (B.Lay, L.Laird, S.McAnally) 48

STILL THE SAME Jennifer Nettles Publishing, ASCAP/Magic Music Publishing, ASCAP/More And More Magic Publishing, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs, BMI (J. Nettles, K.Bush) 46

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TAKE BACK HOME GIRL Universal Music - Brentwood Benson Publishing, ASCAP/D Soul Music, ASCAP/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/BIRB Music, ASCAP/Rezonant Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Songs Of The Corn, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Jack 10 Publishing, BMI/Capitol CMG Genesis, ASCAP (D.A.Garcia, H.Lindsey, J.Miller) 26

TEQUILA WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Beats And Banjos, ASCAP/Buckeye26, ASCAP/Jreynmusic, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/A Girl Named Charlie, BMI (D.Smyers, J.Reynolds, N.Galyon) 39

THREE CHORDS & THE TRUTH Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Dack Janiel's Publishing, BMI/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Rezolant Music, BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP (C.Rice, R.Copperman, J.M.Nite) 31

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UP DOWN Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Murphy The Wolf Music, BMI/Five Miles West Songs, BMI/Mandy's Favorite Songs, BMI/Watsky Music, LLC, BMI/Harding Road Music, BMI/New House Of Sea Gayle Music, ASCAP (B.Clawson, M.Hardy, C.J. Solar) 23

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WILD WEST Magic Mustang Music Inc., BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Little Duchess Music, BMI/Songwriters of Platinum Pen Publishing, BMI/This Is Magic Mustang Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Mike Curb Music, BMI/Rain Town Music, BMI (J.Wayne, J.Lantz, B.Montana) 41

WOMAN, AMEN EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Plain Jane Songs, BMI/Rezolant Music, BMI/Year Of The Dog Music, ASCAP/Champagne Whiskey Publishing, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/DudeTunes, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP (R.Copperman, J.Kear, D.Bentley) 21

WORTH IT Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/One Voice Global Publishing, BMI/Canal Music Publishing BV, BUMA/Meaux Jeaux Music, SESAC/Da Bears Da Bears Da Bears Music, SESAC/Capitol CMG Amplifier, SESAC/Dayspring Music, LLC, BMI/Goes Something Like THIS Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI (D.Bradbery, J.Pardo, M.E.Reed) 55

WRITTEN IN THE SAND ReHits Music, Inc., ASCAP/MeGusta Music, ASCAP/Smacktown Music, ASCAP/Unfair Entertainment, ASCAP/Big Deal Notes, ASCAP/Wooden Ships, ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Carrot Seed Songs, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Songs LLC, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR (M.Ramsey, T. Rosen, B.Tursi, S.McAnally) 4

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YOU MAKE IT EASY Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Round Hill Works, BMI/T Hubb Publishing, BMI/Pranch Ringle Music, BMI/We-Volve Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Freshy Music, ASCAP (T.Hubbard, B.Kelley, M.Wallen, J.M.Schmidt) 13

YOURS Hillbilly Science And Research Publishing, SESAC/Trailerlily Music, SESAC/So Essential Tunes, SESAC/Not Just Another Song Publishing, SESAC/BMG Platinum Songs, BMI/Kailey's Dream, BMI (P.Welling, C.Brown, R.Dickerson) 6

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Hot Country Songs IndexA

ALL ON ME Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/JJ Music Inc., BMI/Neon Cross Music, BMI/Magic Mustang Music Inc., BMI/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Two Sixteen Publishing, ASCAP (D.Dawson, J.Durrett, A.Smith) 11

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BORN TO LOVE YOU Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Concession 114 Music, BMI/Neon Cross Music, BMI/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Plain Jane Songs, BMI/Rezolant Music, BMI/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/Sadie's Favorite Songs, ASCAP/Anderson Fork In The Road Music, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP (B.Lancaster, R.Copperman, A.Gorley, J.Osborne) 40

BOY EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Nite Writer Music, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/A Girl Named Charlie, BMI (J.M.Nite, N.Galyon) 16

BROKEN HALOS WB Music Corp., ASCAP/House Of Sea Gayle Music, ASCAP/Spirit Cataloge Holdings, S.A.R.L./Spirit Two Nashville, ASCAP/Straight Six Music, BMI (C.Stapleton, M.Henderson) 5

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CRIMINAL Magic Mustang Music Inc., BMI/BMG Platinum Songs, BMI/Lindsay Ell Music, BMI/Moody Producer Music, BMI/Capitol CMG Paragon, BMI/Float Music, BMI/Meaux Mercy, BMI (L.Ell, C.Stevens, F.Wilhelm) 38

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DOIN' FINE Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Lylas Music, BMI/Better Boat Music, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs, BMI/Jam Writers Group, BMI/Hello I Love You Music, BMI (Lauren Alaina, E.Shackelton, busbee) 45

DRUNK GIRL ole Red Vinyl Music, BMI/Buckkilla Music, BMI/Scrambler Music, ASCAP/Abbotts Creek Music Two, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Tomdouglasmusic, BMI (C.Janson, Scooter Carusoe, T.Douglas) 36

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EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE ALRIGHT Old Desperados, LLC, ASCAP/N2D Publishing Company, Inc., ASCAP/Meaux Mercy, BMI/Moody Producer Music, BMI/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Thankful For This Music, ASCAP/Great Day At This Music, BMI/Beattyville Music, BMI (D.L.Murphy, C.Stevens, J.Yeary) 25

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FEMALE EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Rezolant Music, BMI/Plain Jane Songs, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/A Girl Named Charlie, BMI/Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Songs LLC, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR (R.Copperman, N.Galyon, S.McAnally) 14

FIVE MORE MINUTES Dagum Music, BMI/Spirit Cataloge Holdings, S.A.R.L./Spirit Two Nashville, ASCAP/House Of Sea Gayle Music, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Dixey Bar Music, BMI (S.McCreery, F.Rogers, M.Criswell) 4

FOR THE FIRST TIME Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/GrowingMusic, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Funky Friar Music, ASCAP/Scrambler Music, ASCAP/Abbotts Creek Music Two, ASCAP (D.Rucker, D.George, Scooter Carusoe) 19

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GET TO YOU Year Of The Dog Music, ASCAP/ole Green Vinyl Music, ASCAP (A.Stoklasa, P.Dovgalyuk) 31

TITLE Publishing-Licensing Org. (Songwriter) Chart Position

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HAPPENS LIKE THAT Climbing Windmills Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/We-Volve Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Freshy Music, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Round Hill Works, BMI/T Hubb Publishing, BMI/Legends Of Magic Mustang Music, SESAC/W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC (G.Smith, J.M.Schmidt, A.Albert, T.Hubbard, J.Wilson) 20

HEART BREAK WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Haywoodja Cut That Song, ASCAP/The Best I Could Do Publishing, ASCAP/W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC/EKT Publishing, SESCA/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Songs Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/Telemitry Rhythm House Music, BMI/A Girl Named Charlie, BMI (D.Haywood, C.Kelley, H.Scott, J.Frasure, N.Galyon) 37

HEAVEN BMG Platinum Songs, BMI/You Want How Much Of What Publishing, PRS/Smackworks Music, SESAC/Kobalt Group Music Publishing, SESAC/Smack Blue, LLC, SESAC/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Sony/ATV Songs LLC, BMI/Koala T Tunes, BMI (S.Carter, M.McGinn, L.Rimes) 6

HOOKED WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Songs From The Rose Hotel, ASCAP/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Koala T Tunes, BMI/SongsbyME, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI (L.Rimes, S.Ennis, M.Evans) 32

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I'D BE JEALOUS TOO Magic Mustang Music Inc., BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Plane Jane Songs, BMI/Rezolant Music, BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP (D.Lynch, R.Copperman, J.M.Nite) 35

I LIVED IT Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/Sadie's Favorite Songs, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Thankful For This Music, ASCAP/Pinetucky Road Publishing, ASCAP/Ritten by Rhettro, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Plain Jane Songs, BMI/Rezolant Music, BMI (A.Gorley, B.Hayslip, R.Akins, R.Copperman) 28

I'LL NAME THE DOGS Round Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/Big Loud Proud Songs, ASCAP/Matt Drag Music, ASCAP/Pinetucky Road Publishing, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Thankful For This Music, ASCAP/Big Music Machine, BMI/Two Laine Collections, BMI (M.Dragstrem, B.Hayslip, J.Thompson) 21

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KINDA DON'T CARE Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Songs By Red Room, BMI/Thankful For This Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP (R.Akins, R.Copperman, B.Hayslip) 44

KISS SOMEBODY Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Morgan Evans Publishing Designee, BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/CDS Words And Music, ASACP/Anderson Fork In The Road Music, ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP (M.Evans, C. DeStefano, J.Osborne) 33

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A LITTLE DIVE BAR IN DAHLONEGA Songs Of Song Factroy, BMI/Veranda Music, SESAC/Little Falcor Music, BMI (A.McBryde, N.Hayford, J.Rice) 50

THE LONG WAY Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Paris Not France Music, BMI/ole Canalco Publishing, ASCAP (B.Eldredge, M.Rogers) 13

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MAKE A LITTLE WB Music Corp., ASCAP/TipTop Music, ASCAP/Tropical Cowboy Publishing, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Kitt Cass Publishing Corporation, BMI/Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Songs LLC, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR/Anderson Fork In The Road Music, ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP (J.Carson, C.Duddy, M.Wystrach, S.McAnally, J.Osborne) 26

MARRY ME EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Cricket On The Line, BMI/Rio Bravo Music, Inc., BMI/Telemitry Productions, BMI/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/Sadie's Favorite Songs, ASCAP/Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Songs LLC, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR (Thomas Rhett, J.Frasure, A.Gorley, S.McAnally) 2

MEANT TO BE BMG Platinum Songs, BMI/Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Kiss Me If You Can Music, BMI/T Hubb Publishing, BMI/Round Hill Works, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Songs Of The Corn, BMI/Jack 10 Publishing, BMI/Universal Music - Brentwood Benson Publishing, ASCAP/D Soul Music, ASCAP/Capitol CMG Genesis, ASCAP (B.Rexha, T.Hubbard, J.Miller, D.A.Garcia) 1

MERCY Super Big Music, ASCAP/Caliville Publishing, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Little Beluga Music, BMI (B.Young, S.McConnell) 41

MILLIONAIRE Universal Tunes, SESAC/Spur 66 Music, SESAC (K.Welch) 47

MOST PEOPLE ARE GOOD SB 21 Music Publishing, BMI/Purdy Beard Music, BMI/Songs Of Amylase Music, BMI/Five Hills Music, BMI/Do Write Music, LLC/Year Of The Dog Music, ASCAP/Champagne Whiskey Publishing, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP (D.Frasier, E.M.Hill, J.Kear) 8

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ONE NUMBER AWAY Works For RHA Music, BMI/Mall B. Publishing, ASCAP/Razor & Tie Music Publishing, LLC, ASCAP/The Bicycle Music Company, ASCAP/Tunes of R And T Direct, SESAC/Self Shrevident Music, SESAC/Rowdy Rob Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI (L.Combs, S.A.Battey, S.Mitchell, R.Williford) 18

ONES THAT LIKE ME Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Indiana Angel Music, BMI/Parallel Music Publishing, LLC, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Bobby's Lyrics, Land And Livestock, BMI (B.Gilbert, B.Chaffin, B.Pinson) 22

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PARALLEL LINE Ed Sheeran Limited, GMR/Sony/ATV Story Music Publishing, GMR/Please Don't Forget To Pay Me Music, GMR/Universal Music Works, GMR/Spirit B-Unique Polar Patrol, PRS/Kobalt Music Publishing, PRS/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Thanks For The Songs Richard, BMI/BDi Music Limited, PRS (E.C.Sheeran, B.J.Levin, J.McDaid, J.Michaels, A.Wadge) 34

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THE REST OF OUR LIFE Sony/ATV Songs LLC, BMI/Sony/ATV Music Publishing UK Ltd, PRS/Cookie Jar, BMI/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Spirit B-Unique Polar Patrol Songs, BMI/Universal PolyGram Int. Publishing Inc., ASCAP/Rokstone Music Ltd, PRS (E.C.Sheeran, A.Wadge, J.McDaid, S.McCutcheon) 29

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SHE AIN'T IN IT Writers Of Sea Gayle Music, BMI/Spirit Cataloge Holdings, S.A.R.L./Spirit Of Nashville One, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs, BMI/Mater Pie Music, BMI (C.Daniels, W.Varble) 30

SHE'S WITH ME Spruce Road Publishing, GMR/Capitol CMG Zenith, GMR/Sony/ATV Story Music Publishing, GMR/Centricity Tunes, GMR/CentricSongs, SESAC/The Stennis Mightier Music, BMI/Young Guns Publishing, LLC, BMI/Dead Aim Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Capitol CMG Amplifier, SESAC (B.Rempel, S.Mosley, B.M.Stennis) 15

SHOOT ME STRAIGHT Trampy McCauley, ASCAP/All The Kings Pens, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/The Country And Western Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI (J. Osborne, T.J. Osborne, L.T.Miller) 46

SINGLES YOU UP Ole Red Cape Songs, ASCAP/Word Music, LLC, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Wordspring Music, LLC, SESAC/Memory Days, SESAC/W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC (J.Davis, S.D.Jones, J.Ebach) 12

SOMETHING 'BOUT YOU Day For The Dead Publishing, SESAC/Reach Music Tunes, SESAC/Siva Moon Publishing, SESAC/W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC/Simonetti Music Publishing, SESAC/Kobalt Group Music Publishing, SESAC/Ole Red Cape Songs, ASCAP/VB Rising Publishing, ASCAP/Jose A. Velazquez Music, ASCAP/Gilde Flores Publishing Designee, ASCAP (Z.Brown, N.Moon, B.Simonetti, T.V.Mosley, J.A.Velazquez, G.Flores) 42

SPEAKERS, BLEACHERS AND PREACHERS Mid South Mood Maker Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Universal Music Works, GMR/We Are Creative Nation, GMR/Jake & Mack Music, GMR/Smack Hits, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR (B.Lay, L.Laird, S.McAnally) 49

STUPID Deston Song Slayer, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Scrambler Music, ASCAP/Abbotts Creek Music Two, ASCAP/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/CDS Words And Music, ASACP (L.Hummon, Scooter Carusoe, C. DeStefano) 48

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TAKE BACK HOME GIRL Universal Music - Brentwood Benson Publishing, ASCAP/D Soul Music, ASCAP/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/BIRB Music, ASCAP/Rezonant Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Songs Of The Corn, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Jack 10 Publishing, BMI/Capitol CMG Genesis, ASCAP (D.A.Garcia, H.Lindsey, J.Miller) 23

TEQUILA WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Beats And Banjos, ASCAP/Buckeye26, ASCAP/Jreynmusic, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/A Girl Named Charlie, BMI (D.Smyers, J.Reynolds, N.Galyon) 27

THREE CHORDS & THE TRUTH Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Dack Janiel's Publishing, BMI/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Rezolant Music, BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP (C.Rice, R.Copperman, J.M.Nite) 39

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UP DOWN Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Murphy The Wolf Music, BMI/Five Miles West Songs, BMI/Mandy's Favorite Songs, BMI/Watsky Music, LLC, BMI/Harding Road Music, BMI/New House Of Sea Gayle Music, ASCAP (B.Clawson, M.Hardy, C.J. Solar) 17

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WHAT'S MINE IS YOURS Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Kane Brown Music, BMI/Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Happy Rock Publishing, ASCAP/EMI Foray Music, SESAC/Write 2 Be Free Music, SESAC (K.Brown, S.Ellis, J.Hoge) 43

WOMAN, AMEN EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Plain Jane Songs, BMI/Rezolant Music, BMI/Year Of The Dog Music, ASCAP/Champagne Whiskey Publishing, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/DudeTunes, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP (R.Copperman, J.Kear, D.Bentley) 24

WRITTEN IN THE SAND ReHits Music, Inc., ASCAP/MeGusta Music, ASCAP/Smacktown Music, ASCAP/Unfair Entertainment, ASCAP/Big Deal Notes, ASCAP/Wooden Ships, ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Carrot Seed Songs, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Songs LLC, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR (M.Ramsey, T. Rosen, B.Tursi, S.McAnally) 7

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YOU BROKE UP WITH ME Songs Of Smack, BMI/Spark In Your Pocket, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Razor And Tie, APRA/BMG Platinum Songs, BMI (W.Hayes, K.Sackley, T.Archer) 9

YOU MAKE IT EASY Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Round Hill Works, BMI/T Hubb Publishing, BMI/Pranch Ringle Music, BMI/We-Volve Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Freshy Music, ASCAP (T.Hubbard, B.Kelley, M.Wallen, J.M.Schmidt) 3

YOURS Hillbilly Science And Research Publishing, SESAC/Trailerlily Music, SESAC/So Essential Tunes, SESAC/Not Just Another Song Publishing, SESAC/BMG Platinum Songs, BMI/Kailey's Dream, BMI (P.Welling, C.Brown, R.Dickerson) 10

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O n M a r c h 4 , 1978 , Wa y l o n Jennings and Willie Nelson’s

“Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys” began a fou r-week com ma nd on Hot Country Songs. The smash, writ-ten by Ed Bruce and his wife, Patsy, was released from Waylon & Willie, which ruled Top Country Albums for 11 weeks. (Bruce's solo version of the song hit No. 15 in 1976.)

The song became Jennings and Nelson’s second of three No. 1s as a duo, between “Good Hearted Woman” (three weeks in 1976) and

“Just to Satisfy You” (two, 1982). The

icons boast 16 and 22 total trips to No. 1, respectively. “Cowboys” won the pair the 1979 Grammy Award for best country performance by a duo or group. The biggest of their collaborations, it ranked at No. 36 on Billboard’s Greatest of All Time Country Songs chart in 2015.

Jennings died at age 64 in 2002, a year after being inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Nelson, who was inducted in 1993, remains a dominant chart and touring force. His latest album, Last Man Standing, is due April 27, two days before he turns 85. —JIM ASKER

40 Years AgoWaylon & Willie’s Iconic Hit Moved ‘Up’ To No. 1In 1978, the established solo stars scored their biggest collaborative song

Nelson (left) and Jennings onstage together in New York in 1978.

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